USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Santa Cruz County
Alto Vein Swarm
Unconfirmed Lead Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Santa Cruz
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Hillside, Gold Tree Mine, El Plomo Mine, B & R, Long Contact, Mineral, Albert, Alto, Excelsior
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Source classification: Underground operation documented
Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 30 shaft symbols
- 41 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- 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: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Fortuna Mining Co. · Historical operator
- R. R Hansen And Associates · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Barite
- Quartz
- Uraninite
- Argentite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Hematite
View all 12 reported minerals
- Barite
- Quartz
- Uraninite
- Argentite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Hematite
- Malachite
- Molybdenite
- Sphalerite
- Tetrahedrite
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 (30)
- mapped adit symbols (41)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
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