USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Herschel Mine
Mindat Confirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Mining district
- Tombstone District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small underground Ag-Pb-Au-Mn-Cu mine located in the SW ¼ sec. 11, T.20S., R.22E, 1/2 mile SW of Tombstone, Arizona and 500 feet N of the Old Guard shaft, 500 feet W of the Ingersol shaft. Produced 1905-1935. Owned by the Herschel Mining Co. …
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 500 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 14 shaft symbols
- 2 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
· depth 500 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: the SW ¼ sec. 11, T.20S., R.22E, 1/2 mile SW of Tombstone, Arizona and 500 feet N of the Old Guard shaft, 500 feet W of the Ingersol…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Hershel Mining Co. · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Copper
- Gold
- Galena
- Native Gold
- Silver-bearing Galena
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 (14)
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 32966
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
- underground workings
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