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Arizona · Santa Cruz County

Mary Jane

Unconfirmed Lead Mixed Underground / Surface

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Santa Cruz
Mining district
Patagonia
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Lead
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former small surface and underground Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au mine located one patented claim in East-central (SE¼SW¼SE¼) sec. 3, T23S, R16E (protracted), about 1.0 mile S of Washington Camp, on private land. Also located adjacent on the NW to the Empire Mine …

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

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

  • 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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Duquesne Mg And Reduction Co; Nash Mines · Historical operator · 1975

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Chalcopyrite
  • Galena
  • Garnet Group
  • Pyrite
  • 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 (23)
  • mapped adit symbols (7)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR

Type: Historical mine documents

Record: 1 historical document

Supports:

  • historical mine identity
  • historical mine documentation

Mary Jane

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 34196

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (5)

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

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