USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Homestake Claim Group
Mindat Confirmed Tungsten Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Mining district
- Cochise District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A group of W-Cu-Au-Fluorspar group of claims/prospect with surface and underground workings, located on 4 unpatented claims in the western part of sec. 5, T.16S., R.22E., across the ridge SE of the Tungsten King property. Discovered by J.J. Wien and A…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: A group of W-Cu-Au-Fluorspar group of claims/prospect with surface and underground workings, located on 4 unpatented claims in the western part of sec. 5, T.16S., R.22E., ac…
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Epidote
- Fluorite
- Garnet
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Chalcopyrite
- Gold
View all 15 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Epidote
- Fluorite
- Garnet
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Chalcopyrite
- Gold
- Calcite
- Epidote
- Fluorite
- Garnet Group
- Native Gold
- Pyrite
- Scheelite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 32438
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
- underground workings
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