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Arizona · Cochise County

Keystone Mine

Unconfirmed Silver Underground

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Cochise
Mining district
Cochise District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Silver
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Bannon Group, Hagerman

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A copper mine, part of the Gunnison Copper Project.

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 10 shaft symbols
  • 1 adit symbol
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • 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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Aztec Mining And Development Co. · Historical operator · 1973
  • Coronado Copper And Zinc Co. · Historical operator · 1973
  • Keystone Copper Mining Co. · Historical operator · 1973

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Bornite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Gold
  • Molybdenite
  • Pyrite
  • Scheelite
  • Silver
  • Sphalerite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (10)
  • mapped adit symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 424984

Supports:

  • locality identity

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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