USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Pima County
Cardigan Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Mixed Underground / Surface 6 mapped shafts 1 mapped adit
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pima
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small surface and underground Cu-Ag-Au mine located in the SW ¼ sec. 28, T.12S., R.6W. (Ajo 15 minute topo map), 2 miles SW od Ajo on private land. Two patented, 21 unpatented claims adjoining the New Cornelia Mine property. Idle in 1943. Owne…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 6 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
- Shaft : Chico Shunie , 1990
- Adit : Chico Shunie , 1990
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Ankerite
- Baryte
- Epidote
- Hematite
- Quartz
- Specularite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (6)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 34459
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (6)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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