USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Charleston Lead Mine
Unconfirmed Lead Underground 1 mapped shaft
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Mary Jo Group, Woolrey, Brother George
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small underground Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu-scrap mica-clay (As) mine on 12 claims (as of 1943), located in the North-central sec. 36, T.20S., R.21E. Produced 1944-1961. Operated at times, or in part, by Mary Jo Woolret; the Tombstone Gold and Silver Mines,…
Additional documented 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.
- 1 shaft symbol
- Shaft : Fairbank , 1952
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.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Charleston Lead Mines Co, Tombstone Mica Co · Historical operator
- Tombstone Gold And Silver Mines Inc · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Arsenic
- commodity:Clay
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Mica
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
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 (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 32901
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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