Copper Creek, Arizona
Copper Creek, Arizona | |
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 Copper Creek Canyon | |
  Copper Creek Location in the state of Arizona | |
| Coordinates: 32°45′03″N 110°28′35″W / 32.75083°N 110.47639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Pinal |
| Elevation | 3,983 ft (1,214 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST (no DST)) |
Copper Creek is a ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. Copper Creek is located in a canyon in the Galiuro Mountains.
History
[edit]This town once had around 50 buildings. It had a peak population of approximately 500. Its post office was established March 6, 1906, and was disestablished August 31, 1942. A short-lived narrow-gauge railway line was built in 1913, with the locomotive and cars carried overland from the railhead at Winkelman.
Notable remains of the old town include the foundations of the post office and the shell of the Sibley Mansion.[2]
Geology
[edit]The Copper Creek mining district contains a substantial copper deposit; in recent years, several companies have proposed opening a mine there.[3] The district hosts more than 500 mineralized breccia pipes. Buried porphyry-style, stockwork copper mineralization has attracted exploration interest in recent years.[4]
Geography
[edit]Copper Creek is about ten miles east of the community of Mammoth, via a rough dirt road.
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Copper Creek
- ^ Copper Creek – ghosttowns.com
- ^ Arizona Mining Update – 2006, Circular 125, May 2007
- ^ "Geological Society of America Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)". Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
External links
[edit]- Faraday Copper Canada Mining Company Mining Copper Creek
Ghost towns travel guide from Wikivoyage
- History and historic photos of Copper Creek
- Copper Creek ghost town, photos and information
- Copper Creek – Ghost Town of the Month at azghosttowns.com
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |