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