Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources
Recent statutory and regulatory changes that affect Federal mining claims have made portions of
Special Report 12, Laws and Regulations Governing Mineral Rights in Arizona, 9th Edition inaccurate....
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The public land laws of the United States
have created a wide diversity of estates in land,
each having its own idiosyncrasies. In addition,
the lands in public ownership are subject to
daily...
Resource Identifiers: SR-23
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The public land laws of the United States
have created a wide diversity of estates in land,
each having its own idiosyncrasies. In addition,
the lands in public ownership are subject to
daily...
Resource Identifiers: ADMMR Special Report 23
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Written for the beginning, recreational gold panner and amateur prospector.
Resource Identifiers: ADMMR Mineral Resource #7
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A county-by-county listing of offices concerned with mining and mineral resources in Arizona.
Resource Identifiers: ADMMR Circular No. 132
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The Department highly recommends analysis of samples by the fire assay method to determine
precious metal content. Fire assaying, in use for thousands of years, still stands the test of time. The...
Resource Identifiers: ADMMR Circular No. 91
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This report was prepared for the United States Air Force under an
agreement t o compile and summarize available information on the
geology, minerals and energy resources of the Luke Air Force Range...
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Arizona is abundantly endowed with copper deposits. The 829 deposits listed in Table 1 of this report
were compiled from the AzMILS database of over 3,000 deposits that list copper as a commodity....
Resource Identifiers: ADMMR OFR-92-10
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This assessment was undertaken to examine the current status of, and make strategic
recommendations concerning, the mining and minerals industry cluster in Arizona. It has been
coordinated with a...
Resource Identifiers: ADMMR Special Report 27
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Beryl, a specific ore mineral of the metal beryllium,
is currently in high demand. The nature of
beryl occurrences presents a unique and potentially
profitable opportunity for the prospector and...
Resource Identifiers: ADMMR - MR-6
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Platinum (in reality the entire platinum group of elements) has been and continues to be the subject of much discussion among miners in Arizona. Do the metals exist in Arizona? Are they in mineable...
Resource Identifiers: ADMMR - Circular No. 3
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This Arizona Department of Mineral Resources publication describes fluorspar
deposits in Arizona, history and production, types of deposits, grade specifications
and marketing conditions. Total...
Resource Identifiers: Arizona Fluorspar
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In December of 1916, Sam Hughes, a Phoenix
resident, discovered cinnabar deposits in the
area now known as Dreamy Draw. Cinnabar, a
mercury sulfide, had been discovered earlier
that year in the...
Resource Identifiers: ADMMR - CR-103
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Arizona is the nation's largest producer of zeolite minerals principally
chabazite and mordenite, for industrial applications. The purpose of this publication
is to acquaint the prospector...
Resource Identifiers: ADMMR - MR-1
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Eighty-seven placer districts in Arizona are estimated to have produced a minimum
of 564,052 ounces of placer gold from 1774 to 1968. The location, areal extent,
past production, mining history,...
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For the purpose of this directory, an active mine is defined as a mine in continuous operation, either
in production or under full-time development for production. It is acknowledged that there are...
Resource Identifiers: ADMMR - Directory 51
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The purpose of this publication is
to provide a tabulation of known
industrial mineral occurrences in
Arizona along with a brief discussion
of each commodity. I t i s hoped this
information will...
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The purpose of this report is to draw together known data on occurrences of
stone, present production techniques and problems, types and varieties of available
stone, markets, labor and land...
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Testimony presented by Dr. Madan M. Singh, then Director of the Dept. of Mines and Mineral Resources, in opposition to the withdrawal of the uranium-bearing lands around Grand Canyon National Park.
Resource Identifiers: Arizona Dept. of Mines and Mineral Resources Open-File Report 09-28
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Each year there are numerous requests
for information on visiting Arizona's mines and
mineral collecting sites. The following brief
compilation lists sites for mine tours, mine overviews,...
Resource Identifiers: ADMMR - Circular No. 92
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