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

[edit] History and Geology

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. See the historic photographs at ^[1].

Notable remains of the old town include the foundations of the post office and the shell of the Sibley Mansion, however there has been some vandalism. ^[2]

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 attacted exploration interest in recent years ^[4].

[edit] Geography

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

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Coordinates: 32°45′03″N 110°28′35″W / 32.75083°N 110.47639°W / 32.75083; -110.47639

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[0] Jeremy Rowe Vintage Photography

[1] Copper Creek - Arizona Ghost Town

[2] ttp://www.admmr.state.az.us/Info/mining_update2006.pdf

[3] Geology And Geochemistry Of The Mammoth Breccia Pipe, Copper Creek Mining District, Southeastern Arizona

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[edit] History and Geology

[edit] Geography

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