USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Junction Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Mining district
- Warren District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Calumet and Arizona Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former large-volume underground Cu-Pb-Zn-Mn-Au-Ag (Bi-Cd-In-Sn) mine located in the center of sec. 15, T.23S., R.24E. (Bisbee 7.5 minute topo map). The mine was just SW of the junction of US highway 80 and highway 92, on private land. One of the majo…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 7 shaft symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_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
Operators / organizations
- Junction Development Co., Junction, Superior And Duluth Mining Co., Superior And Pittsburg Mining Co · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Galena
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Anglesite
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Psilomelane
View all 40 reported minerals
- Galena
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Anglesite
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Psilomelane
- Sphalerite
- Alabandite
- Anglesite
- Azurite
- Bornite
- Brochantite
- Bromargyrite
- Calcite
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcophyllite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chalcostibite
- Chlorargyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Connellite
- Copiapite
- Coquimbite
- Covellite
- Cuprite
- Cuprocopiapite
- Delafossite
- Galena
- Hetaerolite
- Kaolinite
- Limonite
- Luzonite
- Malachite
- Native Copper
- Native Silver
- Native Sulphur
- Paracoquimbite
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 (7)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 9533
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (31)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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