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Arizona · Yavapai County

Cuba Mine

Source Corroborated Gold Underground 2 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Yavapai
Mining district
Rich Hill District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Source Corroborated

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A claim located about 7 miles NNW of Yarnell in T.11N., R.5W., adjacent to the Independence claim. Mineralization is an 18 inch (45 cm) wide quartz vein that strikes N.52ºW. and dips 25ºNE, in a coarse-grained, buff-colored granite. Workings incl…

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 2 adit symbols
  • Adit : Weaver Peak , 1969
  • Adit : Weaver Peak , 1969
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • L. L. Jaycox · Historical operator

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Quartz
  • Torbernite
  • Uranophane
  • Torbernite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility 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.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 47044

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (1)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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