USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Santa Cruz County
Bull Springs Mine
Source Corroborated Lead Underground 2 mapped shafts 1 mapped adit
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Santa Cruz
- Mining district
- Tyndall
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
‡Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 84 (Table 4). Anaconda Geology Document Collection, Laramie, WY. Arizona Bureau of Mines card file Santa Cruz County. …
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
- Shaft : Mt. Hopkins , 1981
- Adit : Mt. Hopkins , 1981
- Shaft : Mount Wrightson , 1958
View individual source records (5)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- A. D. E. Contracting And Dev Co; Mc Cutchan; Larocque · Historical operator · 1975
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Pyrite
- Silver-bearing Galena
- 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 (2)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 34278
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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