Copper Creek, Arizona

Copper Creek, Arizona
Ghost town

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 / 32.75083; -110.47639Coordinates: 32°45′03″N 110°28′35″W / 32.75083°N 110.47639°W / 32.75083; -110.47639
Country United States
State Arizona
County Pinal
Elevation[1] 3,983 ft (1,214 m)
Time zone MST (no DST) (UTC-7)

Copper Creek is a ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. Copper Creek is located in a canyon in the Galiuro Mountains.

History

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

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

Copper Creek is about ten miles east of the community of Mammoth, via a rough dirt road.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Copper Creek
  2. ↑ Copper Creek article
  3. ↑ Arizona Mining Update – 2006, Circular 125, May 2007
  4. ↑ Geological Society of America Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)
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