USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Columbia Mine
Unconfirmed Zinc Underground 2 mapped shafts 4 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Mining district
- California District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Zinc
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small underground Pb-Ag-Cu-Zn-W-Bi mine located on 2 unpatented claims in the SE ¼ sec. 13, T.17S., R.30E. (Portal 15 minute topo map), approximately 1 mile NW of Paradise. Mineralization is a contact metamorphic deposit with base metal car…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Portal
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 4 adit symbols
- Adit : Portal , 1987
- Adit : Portal , 1987
View individual source records (5)
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. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Portal
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: erground Pb-Ag-Cu-Zn-W-Bi mine located on 2 unpatented claims in the SE ¼ sec. 13, T.17S., R.30E. (Portal 15 minute topo map), approx…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Epidote
- Garnet Group
- Scheelite
- Tremolite
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 (2)
- mapped adit symbols (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 32162
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (4)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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