USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Mohave County
Altata Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Mohave
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Cinco De Mayo, Antietam, Little Giant
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Cu-Ag-Au-Pb-As-Mo occurrence/mine located in the NE¼NE¼NE¼ sec. 10 & in the NW¼NW¼NW¼ sec. 11, T23N, R18W, G&SRM;, 1 mile SE of Chloride, on Bureau of Land Management administered and/or private land. Owned by J. Lowitz, New York (1957). Oper…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 21 shaft symbols
- 13 adit 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
- J. Lowitz · Source-reported owner · 1957
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Bornite
- Calcite
- Chalcocite
- commodity:Arsenic
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Molybdenum
View all 17 reported minerals
- Bornite
- Calcite
- Chalcocite
- commodity:Arsenic
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Molybdenum
- commodity:Silver
- Cuprite
- Galena
- Granite
- Molybdenite
- Porphyry
- Pyrite
- Schist
- 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 (21)
- mapped adit symbols (13)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 34356
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (17)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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