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Arizona · Santa Cruz County

Double Eagle

Unconfirmed Copper Underground

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Santa Cruz
Development status
Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Ref.: USGS Mt Wrightson Quadrangle topo map. Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Baca Float Mines file. MRDS database Dep., ID file #10186214, MAS ID #0040230166. A former underground Cu-Ag-Pb mine located in the NE¼SE¼NE¼ sec. 13, T21S, R…

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 28 shaft symbols
  • 42 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=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: Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Drake, Larry · Historical operator · 1961

Commodities & minerals

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 shaft symbols (28)
  • mapped adit symbols (42)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 187301

Supports:

  • locality identity

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

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