USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Gold Band Mine
Unconfirmed Gold Underground 5 mapped shafts
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small underground Au-Ag mine located in South-central sec. 4, T.19S., R.25E, about 2½ miles (4 km) N of Courtland, on private land. Produced 1938. Operated by A.D. Cox. Mineralization is a vein deposit of weak and spotty gold and silver val…
Additional documented workings
-
Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 shaft symbols
- Shaft : Pearce , 1958
- Shaft : Pearce , 1958
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
-
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). 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): 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
- Calcite
- Chrysocolla
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Microcline
- Quartz
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 (5)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 33013
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
Related underground mines
Bonanza Mine Group
Arizona · Cochise County
Unconfirmed Gold Past Producer Mixed Underground/Surface
Historical mapped workings available
Apache Pass Mines
Arizona · Cochise County
Unconfirmed Gold Past Producer
Historical mapped workings available
Arrow Mine Group
Arizona · Cochise County
Unconfirmed Gold Past Producer
Buckeye Apache Mine
Arizona · Cochise County
Unconfirmed Gold Past Producer
Documented adit evidence