Copper Queen and King mine dumps
Sahuarita, AZ US
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Here is what the source says: "Glance, Copper King, Copper Queen mines⎯Azurite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla,
Malachite, many fluorescent minerals (night prospecting of surface), Calcite, Covellite,
Cuprite, Pyrite, spar, etc. The famed Copper King Mine on the E butte is connected at the
700 ft. level underground with the equally famed Copper Queen Mine on the W butte. These
two mines and the San Xavier Mine just N produced $25,387,000 in Copper, Lead and Zinc.
Other collectable minerals include Marcasite as alteration from Pyrrhotite and native
Copper. The area mines were all developed in the zone of oxidation veins, with progressive
enrichment of ores with increasing depth. Dumps all hold nice specimens."
This is the general area to travel to from the source: "

SSW of Tucson and SW of Sahuarite about 7 mi. by good graded rd.

or reached via Mission Rd."

 

I marked the GPS coordinates that are given on mindat.org.

GPS Coordinates (lat,long): (31°53'54"N, 111°3'27"W)
or (31.898333, -111.057500)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is supposed to be exact.)
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Reference Info: "A Location Guide for Rockhounds in the United States" Collected by Robert C. Beste, 2005, Volume 1, page 31
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