USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Yavapai County
Big Stick Mine
Source Corroborated Gold Underground 3 mapped shafts 1 mapped adit
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Yavapai
- Mining district
- Crosby District
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
- Shaft : Malpais Mesa SW , 1967
View individual source records (3)
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.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Thompson, T. E. And Arizona Homestake Mining Co. · Historical operator
- Lucy, Alex · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Gold
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 (3)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 1 historical document
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
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