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Mining, Milling, and Smelting Methods, San Manuel Copper Corporation, Pinal County, Arizona

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the mining, milling, and smelting practices of copper in Pinal County, Arizona. Physicality, history, geology, methods, and uses are presented. This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1962
Creator: Dale, Vernon B.
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Mining Methods and Costs, Regal Asbestos, Mine Jaquays Mining Corp., Gila County, Arizona

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the mining costs and methods of the Regal asbestos mine in Arizona. Location, history, production, and development details are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1961
Creator: Stewart, L. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mercury: A Materials Survey

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing materials surveys conducted on mercury. As stated in the foreword, "the surveys dealing with metals and minerals summarize the demand-supply position in the United States and include information on production, imports, consumption, exports, substitutes, and pertinent history" (p. v). This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Pennington, James W. & Bailey, Edgar H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Examination of Zinc-Lead Mines in the Wallapai Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies on the zinc-lead mines in Mohave County, Arizona. Descriptions of the characteristics, development, and production of the ore are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: August 1947
Creator: Haury, Peter S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chrysotile-Asbestos Deposits of Arizona

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing asbestos mining and production in Arizona. As stated in the summary, "this paper describes most of the chrysotile-asbestos deposits of Arizona. Mining methods are discussed briefly and asbestos-mill flowsheets are incorporated" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Stewart, L. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quicksilver

Description: From Introduction: "Material for this report was gathered during the last quarter of 1928 and the first quarter of 1929, when the author visited the quick-silver-producing districts of California, Nevada, Texas, Oregon, Washington and Arizona to view the progress made in recent years and gather material for a comprehensive study of the present-day quicksilver industry of the United States."
Date: 1931
Creator: Schuette, C. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chrysotile-Asbestos Deposits of Arizona: Supplement to Information Circular 7706

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing asbestos mining and production in Arizona. As a supplement to a previous report, 18 additional Arizona mining districts are presented and described. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1956
Creator: Stewart, Lincoln A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geologic Factors Related to Block Caving at San Manuel Copper Mine, Pinal County, Arizona: Progress Report, April 1954-March 1956

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the geologic factors related to block-caving. The results of the study are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Wilson, Eldred Dewey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Investigation of the Superstition Wilderness and Contiguous Rare Ii Further Planning Areas, Gila, Maricopa, and Pinal Counties, Arizona

Description: This report discusses the results of a mineral survey of the Superstition Wilderness and contiguous RARE II Further Planning Areas, Tonto National Forest, Gila, Maricopa, and Pinal Counties, Arizona.
Date: 1982
Creator: Jinks, Jimmie E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mining Methods and Costs, Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, Open-Pit Mine, Gila County, Arizona

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing copper mining methods and costs in Gila County, Arizona. As stated in the introduction, "this report reviews the underground mining method with emphasis on data and mechanics of block caving as exposed by the open-pit work. It describes the current operating and engineering practice in the open-pit mine with particular emphasis on physical, economic, engineering, and management factors that have affected the choice of mining method and equipm… more
Date: 1963
Creator: Hardwick, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Open-Pit Copper Mining Methods and Costs at the Bagdad Mine, Bagdad Copper Corporation, Yavapai County, Arizona

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the open-pit copper mining of Yavapai County, Arizona. As stated in the summary, "mining methods, including breaking ground, primary drilling and blasting, secondary drilling and blasting, loading, transportation, engineering, and operating control, are described" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Hardwick, W. R. & Jones, E. L., III
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Resources of the Harquahala Mountains Study Area (Az-020-095), La Paz and Maricopa Counties, Arizona

Description: From summary: The Harquahala Mountains BLM Wilderness Study Area is in the Basin and Range physiographic province of west-central Arizona. The present study covers 24,735 acres of the 72,675 acre wilderness study area, preliminary recommended as suitable for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System in La Paz and Maricopa Counties, Arizona. During the winter of 1983-84, under authority of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (Public Law 94-579), the Bureau mapped and sample… more
Date: 1985
Creator: Thompson, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Arizona

Description: Report documenting the suitability of Arizona for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest. In this report, they analyze the state primarily for coal deposits suitable for synthetic liquid fuels.
Date: February 26, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ventilation of the Large Copper Mines of Arizona

Description: Introduction: "This bulletin discusses ventilation methods, practices, and costs at 11 large copper mines in Arizona, as obtained by brief personal studies and from supplementary information furnished by the mine managements. These mines were visited from December, 1928, to November, 1929, and the methods and practices in use when visited are described in some detail."
Date: 1930
Creator: McElroy, G. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mining Methods and Practices at the Iron King Mine, Shattuck-Denn Mining Corporation, Yavapai County, Arizona

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing mining methods in Arizona mines. As stated in the introduction, "this paper describes mining operations at the Iron King mine of the Shattuck-Denn Mining Corp. in Yavapai County, Ariz." (p. 2). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: January 1950
Creator: Kumke, Charles A. & Mille, H. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium Mining in the Lukachukai Mountains, Apache County, Arizona, Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Incorporated

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing uranium mining methods. As stated in the introduction, "this report is one of a series published by the Federal Bureau of Mines to describe methods and costs of mining uranium on the Colorado Plateau" (p. 1). This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1961
Creator: Dare, Wilbert Leland
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Resources of a Part of the Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Study Area (Az-040-065), Cochise County, Arizona

Description: From summary: In January-April 1984, the Bureau of Mines conducted a mineral survey of the Lower Burro Creek Wilderness Study Area as required by Federal Land Policy and Management Act (Public Law 94-579, October 21, 1976). The Lower Burro Creek Wilderness Study Area comprises 21,700 acres in southeastern Mohave and Yavapai Counties, Arizona. Mines and prospects are located on deposits and (or) occurrences of gold, bentonite, magnesite, and agate in the eastern and southeastern part of the stud… more
Date: 1985
Creator: Zelten, Jeanne E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Leaching Nonsulphide Copper Ores with Sulphur Dioxide

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the sulfurous acid leaching of the Southwest experiment station. Operations and analyses of the experiment station are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1923
Creator: Van Barneveld, Charles E. & Leaver, Edmund S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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