USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Buena Vista Mine
Unconfirmed Zinc Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Mining district
- Middle Pass District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Zinc
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Buena Vista and Horse Fall MinesHorse Fall Mine, Fourr Canyon, Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
‡Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1973), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 187, Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona: 63 (Table 4). Chatman, M.L. (1993) U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report Mine…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 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): 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
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Garnet Group
- Hawleyite
- 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 adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 2 historical documents
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
View 2 citations
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 44823
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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