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Arizona · Cochise County

Copper Rocks Mine

Unconfirmed Manganese Underground 4 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Cochise
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Manganese
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Copperrox, Barrett Group

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former small surface and underground Cu-Ag-Mn-Au mine located in the NW ¼ sec. 13, T.19S., R.24E. (Pearce 15 minute topo map), Approximately 4 miles NW of Courtland, on private land. Produced 1915-1919. Owned at times, or in part, by the Arizona Copp…

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 3 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 4 adit symbols
  • Adit : Pearce , 1958
  • Adit : Pearce , 1958
  • Adit : Pearce , 1958
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • 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.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • 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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Arizona Copper Syndicate Of Providence · Historical operator
  • Copperrox Mining Co · Historical operator

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Chalcopyrite
  • Pyrolusite
  • Wad

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped adit symbols (4)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 33006

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (3)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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