United Verde Mine

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copper mine open-pit mine underground mine

The United Verde Mine was a major copper mining operation in Jerome, Arizona, that drove the town’s rapid growth and economic boom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Label	Occurrences
United Verde Extension Mine	1
United Verde Mine canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	copper mine ⓘ open-pit mine ⓘ underground mine ⓘ
associatedIndustry	rail transport ⓘ smelting ⓘ
associatedWith	Jerome mining district NERFINISHED ⓘ town of Clarkdale, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
closed	mid-20th century ⓘ
contributedTo	development of Clarkdale as a company town ⓘ wealth of William A. Clark ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	historic mining site ⓘ
discovered	late 19th century ⓘ
employed	thousands of miners ⓘ
endDate	1953 ⓘ
environmentalImpact	smelter emissions ⓘ subsidence in Jerome, Arizona ⓘ
geologicalSetting	volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit ⓘ
hasSmelter	United Verde smelter at Clarkdale, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of Jerome Historic District ⓘ
historicalEra	American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerome, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Yavapai County, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
miningMethod	open-pit mining in later years ⓘ underground stoping ⓘ
near	Black Hills of central Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	contributing to Jerome’s boomtown status ⓘ high-grade copper ore ⓘ
notableOwner	William A. Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ
oreType	massive sulfide copper ore ⓘ
ownedBy	United Verde Copper Company NERFINISHED ⓘ William A. Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	copper mining industry in Arizona ⓘ
peakProductionPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
primaryProduct	copper ⓘ
produced	copper ⓘ gold ⓘ silver ⓘ
railConnection	Arizona rail lines serving Jerome and Clarkdale ⓘ
significantFor	economic development of Jerome, Arizona ⓘ rapid growth of Jerome, Arizona in the early 20th century ⓘ rapid growth of Jerome, Arizona in the late 19th century ⓘ
startDate	1880s ⓘ 1883 ⓘ

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Jerome, Arizona → developedAround → United Verde Mine ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Verde Extension Mine