USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Santa Cruz County
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Source Corroborated Copper Underground 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Santa Cruz
- Mining district
- Patagonia
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small underground Cu-Ag-Au-Mo-Fe-Li-V mine located on 11 unpatented claims in the SE¼ sec. 22, T24S, R16E, about 3/4 mile SW of the Benton Mine, just north of post 113 of the international boundary, S of Duquesne, on National Forest land. Form…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 adit symbols
- Adit : Duquesne , 1958
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- O'Connor, Roderic · Source-reported owner · 1942
- Haverly, Don; Wiley J A · Historical operator · 1945
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Bornite
- Calcite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Hematite
- Lodestone
- Magnetite
- Molybdenite
View all 13 reported minerals
- Bornite
- Calcite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Hematite
- Lodestone
- Magnetite
- Molybdenite
- Muscovite
- Pyrite
- Sericite
- Specularite
- Zinnwaldite
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 adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 51277
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (13)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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