USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Greenlee County
Coronado
Unconfirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Greenlee
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Coronado Mining Co Property
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former surface and underground Cu-Zn-Pb-Mn mine located on 3 patented claims adjacent to the Dover Copper group, in the E½ sec. 6, T4S, R29E, on the West end of the Coronado vein, 2.0 miles west of Metcalf, on private land. Discovered in 1874 by Juli…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 8 shaft symbols
- 32 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): 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
- Phelps Dodge Corp · Source-reported owner · 1980
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- Coronadite
- Libethenite
- Malachite
- Muscovite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
View all 9 reported minerals
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- Coronadite
- Libethenite
- Malachite
- Muscovite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Sericite
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 (8)
- mapped adit symbols (32)
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Record: 1 historical document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.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 28654
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (9)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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