USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · La Paz County
Big Horn Prospect
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- La Paz
- Mining district
- Alamo Springs District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A Au-Fe-Mn prospect with underground workings located in sec. 13, T1N R16W, about 7 air miles E of Ocotillo, on federal land (location is approximate on the Kofa Game Range. Workings consist of a tunnel and a shaft totalling 36.58 meters in leng…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat -
Tunnel
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
View individual source records (5)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ral land (location is approximate on the Kofa Game Range. Workings consist of a tunnel and a shaft totalling 36.58 meters in leng... -
Tunnel
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: illo, on federal land (location is approximate on the Kofa Game Range. Workings consist of a tunnel and a shaft totalling 36.58 meter…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: A Au-Fe-Mn prospect with underground workings located in sec. 13, T1N R16W, about 7 air miles E of Ocotillo, on federal land (location is approximate on the Kofa Game Range.…
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Gold
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 185596
Supports:
- locality identity
- underground workings
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