Arizona currently has three producing gold mines and several
other prospects being actively explored (see map). A new article
from the Arizona Geological Survey gives the details of each
mine and exploration project. (link to article) The producing
mines are the Gold Road mine near Oatman, the Copperstone mine
located about 15 miles north of Quartzsite, and the Fancher
deposit in the Little Horn Mountains of western Arizona. These
are all underground mines. Millions of dollars are being spent
to explore eight other properties in Arizona: the Moss mine in
the Oatman district, the Sugar Loaf Peak prospect located
southwest of Quartzsite, the Little Butte mine in the Plomosa
Mountains, the famous Vulture mine south of Wickenburg, the
Newsboy project also near Wickenburg, the Margarita mine in
western Santa Cruz County, the Commonwealth mine at Pearce in
Cochise County (Commonwealth has also produced 21 million ounces
of silver prior to 1942), and Mexican Hat, seven miles south of
Pearce. You can see historical p