USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Yavapai County
U.S. Navy Mine
Unconfirmed Lead Underground 4 mapped shafts
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Yavapai
- Mining district
- Copper Basin District
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- U.S. Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 shaft symbols
- Shaft : Wilhoit , 1969
- Shaft : Wilhoit , 1969
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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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.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_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: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Vernard Jordon, Joe Pierce · Historical operator
- T. W. Alexander, Ida L. Hobbs · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- Cuprite
- Ferrimolybdite
- Galena
View all 13 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- Cuprite
- Ferrimolybdite
- Galena
- Hematite
- Jarosite
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Sphalerite
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 (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
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