Vulture Mine

The Vulture Mine was a gold mine and settlement in , United States. The mine began in 1863 and became the most productive gold mine in Arizona history.
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Photo: Marine 69-71, Public domain.
  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: ghost town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
  • Address: AZ

Vulture Mine

Latitude
33.81812° or 33° 49′ 5″ north
Longitude
-112.83426° or 112° 50′ 3″ west
Elevation
2,073 feet (632 metres)
Open location code
8559R598+67
Open­Street­Map ID
way 331763284
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Geo­Names ID
5319591
Wiki­data ID
Q597237
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vulture Mine”. Photo: Marine 69-71, Public domain.