Open Pit Mine with commodities rhenium, copper, gold, silver, turquoise
More information at and near this site: Re-AZ00020
| Feature ID | Re-Mf00251 |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates | -110.964267, 33.410798 |
| Point definition | Center of open pit |
| Reference | Peterson and others (1951); Figure 4 Date: 1951; Scale: Large (>1:24,000)
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“The Castle Dome open-pit mine was developed in 1942 and 1942 by the Castle Dome Copper Co., Inc., as a war project. Slightly more than 177,000,000 pounds of copper from about 14,000,000 tons of ore was produced from June 1943 to the end of 1946.”
Peterson, N.P., Gilbert, C.M., and Quick, G.L., 1951, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Castle Dome Area, Gila County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 971, 134 p.
| Dates | Material | Amount | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 to 1946 | silver | 295,965 | ounces |
| 1943 to 1959 | copper | 537,825,591 | pounds |
| 1943 to 1946 | gold | 5,842 | ounces |
| 1943 to 1946: silver | |
|---|---|
| Beginning year | 1943 |
| Ending year | 1946 |
| Associated deposits | Mo00277 |
| Materials | silver |
| Material type | commodity |
| Material amount | 295,965 |
| Amount units | ounces |
| Material amount SI | 9,205 |
| Material amount SI units | kilograms |
| Short reference | Peterson and others (1951)Page 65 |
| Reference | Peterson, N.P., Gilbert, C.M., and Quick, G.L., 1951, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Castle Dome Area, Gila County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 971, 134 p. |
| 1943 to 1959: copper | |
|---|---|
| Beginning year | 1943 |
| Ending year | 1959 |
| Associated deposits | Mo00277 |
| Materials | copper |
| Material type | commodity |
| Material amount | 537,825,591 |
| Amount units | pounds |
| Material amount SI | 243,954 |
| Material amount SI units | metric tons |
| Remarks | Production values calculated from various sources |
| Short reference | Parsons (1957); Miami Copper Company (1955-1960) |
| 1943 to 1946: gold | |
|---|---|
| Beginning year | 1943 |
| Ending year | 1946 |
| Associated deposits | Mo00277 |
| Materials | gold |
| Material type | commodity |
| Material amount | 5,842 |
| Amount units | ounces |
| Material amount SI | 182 |
| Material amount SI units | kilograms |
| Short reference | Peterson and others (1951)Page 65 |
| Reference | Peterson, N.P., Gilbert, C.M., and Quick, G.L., 1951, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Castle Dome Area, Gila County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 971, 134 p. |
| Dates | Status | Detail | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 to 1919 | Active | Castle Dome Development Co. drove seven adits and put down seven drill holes | Peterson and others (1951) |
| 1942 to 1959 | Active | Construction and development began in 1942 and since that date the mine has been in continuous operation | Peterson and others (1951) |