United Verde Mine
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The United Verde Mine was a major copper mining operation in Jerome, Arizona, that drove the town’s rapid growth and economic boom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United Verde Mine canonical | 2 |
| United Verde Extension Mine | 1 |
| United Verde smelter at Clarkdale, Arizona | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9344193 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Verde Mine Context triple: [Jerome, Arizona, developedAround, United Verde Mine]
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A.
Capps Mine
Capps Mine is a historically significant gold mine in North Carolina known for its role in the state’s early gold-mining industry.
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B.
Dolores Mine
Dolores Mine is a historic silver mine in Mineral del Monte, Mexico, now preserved as a cultural and tourist site showcasing the region’s mining heritage.
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C.
Tioga Mine
Tioga Mine was a historic silver mining operation in the Sierra Nevada of California that gave its name to nearby Tioga Pass.
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D.
Cortez Gold Mine
Cortez Gold Mine is a major gold-producing mining complex in north-central Nevada and one of the largest and longest-operating gold mines in the United States.
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E.
Round Mountain Gold Mine
Round Mountain Gold Mine is a large open-pit gold mining operation in central Nevada known for its significant gold production.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Verde Mine Target entity description: The United Verde Mine was a major copper mining operation in Jerome, Arizona, that drove the town’s rapid growth and economic boom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Capps Mine
Capps Mine is a historically significant gold mine in North Carolina known for its role in the state’s early gold-mining industry.
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B.
Dolores Mine
Dolores Mine is a historic silver mine in Mineral del Monte, Mexico, now preserved as a cultural and tourist site showcasing the region’s mining heritage.
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C.
Tioga Mine
Tioga Mine was a historic silver mining operation in the Sierra Nevada of California that gave its name to nearby Tioga Pass.
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D.
Cortez Gold Mine
Cortez Gold Mine is a major gold-producing mining complex in north-central Nevada and one of the largest and longest-operating gold mines in the United States.
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E.
Round Mountain Gold Mine
Round Mountain Gold Mine is a large open-pit gold mining operation in central Nevada known for its significant gold production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
copper mine
ⓘ
open-pit mine ⓘ underground mine ⓘ |
| associatedIndustry |
rail transport
ⓘ
smelting ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jerome mining district
ⓘ
town of Clarkdale, Arizona ⓘ
linked to:
Clarkdale, Arizona
|
| closed | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of Clarkdale as a company town
ⓘ
wealth of William A. Clark ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currentUse | historic mining site ⓘ |
| discovered | late 19th century ⓘ |
| employed | thousands of miners ⓘ |
| endDate | 1953 ⓘ |
| environmentalImpact |
smelter emissions
ⓘ
subsidence in Jerome, Arizona ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit ⓘ |
| hasSmelter |
United Verde smelter at Clarkdale, Arizona
ⓘ
linked to:
United Verde Mine
|
| heritageStatus | part of Jerome Historic District ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
American Old West
ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
|
| locatedIn |
Arizona
ⓘ
Jerome, Arizona ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Yavapai County, Arizona ⓘ |
| miningMethod |
open-pit mining in later years
ⓘ
underground stoping ⓘ |
| near |
Black Hills of central Arizona
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Hills (Arizona)
|
| notableFor |
contributing to Jerome’s boomtown status
ⓘ
high-grade copper ore ⓘ |
| notableOwner | William A. Clark ⓘ |
| oreType | massive sulfide copper ore ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United Verde Copper Company
ⓘ
William A. Clark ⓘ |
| partOf | copper mining industry in Arizona ⓘ |
| peakProductionPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| primaryProduct | copper ⓘ |
| produced |
copper
ⓘ
gold ⓘ silver ⓘ |
| railConnection | Arizona rail lines serving Jerome and Clarkdale ⓘ |
| significantFor |
economic development of Jerome, Arizona
ⓘ
rapid growth of Jerome, Arizona in the early 20th century ⓘ rapid growth of Jerome, Arizona in the late 19th century ⓘ |
| startDate |
1880s
ⓘ
1883 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: United Verde Mine Description of subject: The United Verde Mine was a major copper mining operation in Jerome, Arizona, that drove the town’s rapid growth and economic boom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: United Verde Mine
linked to: United Verde Mine