Sunday, May 17, 2020

ARIZONA Mines, Mills, Ghost Towns, Mining Museums & Tours

Arizona has a plethora of mines. If you would like to learn about these, visit museums, ghost towns and various rock hound and prospecting clubs. Before you begin your tour, get a couple of books and examine websites to assist you on your sojourn through the Arizona Outback.

Obtain a copy of Gold in Arizona -A Prospector's Guide. This book provides information on geology, mining history, ghost towns, mineralogy, and is the only book of its sort on Arizona that also provides GPS coordinates to mines in Arizona. So, you can search for these on Google Earth and plot access routes before you head for the hills. The 2019, 376-page book is available at Amazon. Or if you prefer, you can get a modified 2020 Kindle Edition. More information is available on my GemHunter website as well as on some of my blogspots. And be sure not to follow anyone on Facebook.

Ajo Historical Society Mine Museum in Ajo
Arcadia Ranch Museum in Oracle
Arizona Capitol Museum in Phoenix
Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, Arizona
Arizona History Museum in Tucson
Arizona Museum of Natural History. in Mesa, Arizona
Arizona Public Lands - BLM
Arizona Science Center in Phoenix (sorry, we do not support those who require masks)   
Audrey Headframe Park in Jerome
Bagdad Mining in Bagdad.
Bagdad mine overlook in Bagdad  
Black Hills Rock Hounding near Safford
Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum in Miami
Castle Domes Mines Museum in Yuma
Cave Creek Museum
Contention City Ghost Town near Tombstone
Copper Art Museum in Clarkdale
Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg
Douglas Museum in Jerome
Fairbank Milling town near Tombstone
Fire Agates
Fire Agate Localities
Fire Agate Lapidary
Fire Agates at Deer Creek, Arizona
Fire Agates in Oatman Mining District, Arizona
Fire Agates RockHounding Area, Saddle Mountain, Arizona
Fire Agates at Slaughter Mountain, San Carlos Reservation, Arizona
Gemstones in Arizona, Gemland
Geology Tours, Gemland
Ghost Towns of Arizona
Gold King Mining Museum in Jerome
Gold Panning Area, Lynx Creek near Prescott
Goldfield Arizona Ghost Town near Apache Junction
Good Enough Mine Tour in Tombstone
Grand Canyon Tours
Greenlee Historical Museum in Clifton
Greenlee Rockhounding
Jerome Mine Museum
Kartchner Caverns in Benson
Millville Tour near Tombstone
Mineral Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson
Museum of Casa Grande
Old Dominion Mine Park in Globe Arizona
Planet Mine, Arizona and nearby ghost towns of the Swansea Mining district.
Queen Mine Tour in Bisbee
River of Time Museum in Fountain Hills
Rock Hounding Arizona
Rock Hounding on Public Land in Arizona
Rock Hounding Sites Gator Girl
Ruby Ghost Town south of Arivaca, Arizona
Superstition Mountain Lost Dutchman Museum in Apache Junction
Tombstone Arizona
Vulture Mine Tour near Wickenburg
World’s Smallest Museum in Superior

Rockhound and Prospecting Clubs
Apache Junction Rock Club
Arizona Association of Gold Prospectors (Phoenix)
Daisy Mountain Rock and Gem (phoenix)
Desert Gold Diggers (Tucson)
Gila County Gem & Mineral society (Miami)
Gold Prospectors Association of Tucson
Huachuca Mineral and Gem Club (Sierra Vista)
Huachuca Prospectors Association
Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral Society
Lake Havasu Gold Seekers
Mineralogical Society of Arizona (Phoenix)
Mohave County Gemstoners (Kingman)
Mohave Prospectors Association
Old Pueblo Lapidary Club (Tucson)
Prescott Gem and Mineral Club
Roadrunner Prospectors Club (Phoenix)
Sedona Gem & Mineral Club
Silvery Colorado River Rock Club (Bullhead City)
Sunsites Gem & Mineral Club (Pearce)
Superstition Mountain Treasure Hunters (Apache Junction)
Tucson Gem & Mineral Society
White Mountain Gem & Mineral Society (Show Low)
Wickenburg Gem & Mineral Society