USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Wade Hampton Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small surface and underground Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag-Au-Silica flux mine located in the SW¼SW¼ sec. 21 (& NW¼ sec. 28 ?), T.23S., R.24E. (Bisbee 7.5 minute topo map), approximately 2 miles (3.22 km) W of Warren, on private land. Owned by the Phelps Dodge…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 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): 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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Phelps Dodge Corp · Historical operator · 1979
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Anglesite
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silica
View all 12 reported minerals
- Anglesite
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silica
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Limonite
- Pyrite
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.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 33207
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (12)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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