USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Homestake Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small surface and underground Cu-Ag mine located in the center of sec. 35, T.17S., R.31E. (Portal 15 minute topo map), about ½ mile S of Portal. Operated by the Boeckler Mining Co. Mineralization is siliceous copper oxide (chrysocolla ?) an…
Additional documented workings
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Portal
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Portal
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: A former small surface and underground Cu-Ag mine located in the center of sec. 35, T.17S., R.31E. (Portal 15 minute topo map), about…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Boeckler Mining Co. · Historical operator · 1912
Commodities & minerals
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: 32175
Supports:
- locality identity
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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