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Arizona · Cochise County

Silver Camp Mine

Unconfirmed Copper Underground 3 mapped shafts 2 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Cochise
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Mcginty, Eldorado, Parent, Question, Golden Belle

Mine Location

Approximate Area

Open in Mine Map

Documented underground workings

  • Shaft — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 3 shaft symbols
  • 2 adit symbols
  • Shaft : Dos Cabezas , 1957
  • Shaft : Simmons Peak , 1978
View individual source records (4)

Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). 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

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

  • Parent Mining Co · Historical operator

Commodities & minerals

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

I Visited This Mine

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 (3)
  • mapped adit symbols (2)

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Record: 1 historical document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

Silver Camp Group

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

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