USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Santa Cruz County
Silver Eagle
Unconfirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Santa Cruz
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Ref.: U.S. Bureau of Mines field notes, CU28. Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Silver Eagle Mine file. MRDS database Dep. ID file #10186500, MAS ID #0040230358. A former underground Cu-Au mine located in the SE¼SE¼ sec. 9, T22S, R16E, o…
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.
- 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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Bible, G J · Historical operator · 1943
Commodities & minerals
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.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 3 historical documents
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
View 3 citations
- Silver Eagle
- Silver Eagle
- Silver Age (1951)
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 187394
Supports:
- locality identity
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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