USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · La Paz County
Calcite Prospect
Mindat Confirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- La Paz
- Mining district
- Ellsworth District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 10 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: A Cu prospect with underground workings located in secs. 11 & 12, T5N, R14W, 5 miles W of Salome, on BLM-administered land. Mineralization is hosted in mica schist. An assoc…
- 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
- Bornite
- Chalcopyrite
- Bornite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
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 (10)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 62501
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
Related underground mines
Three Musketeers Mine
Arizona · La Paz County
Unconfirmed Tungsten Past Producer
Historical mapped workings available
Argus and Maryland Mine Group
Arizona · La Paz County
Unconfirmed Copper Past Producer
Historical mapped workings available
Arizona Silver-Copper
Arizona · La Paz County
Unconfirmed Copper Past Producer
Arizona Mcginnis Mine
Arizona · La Paz County
Unconfirmed Copper Past Producer
Documented shaft evidence