USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Czar Mine
Mindat Confirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former large output underground Cu-Ag-Au-Pb-Zn mine located in the South-central sec. 9, T23S, R24E (Bisbee 7.5 minute topo map), approximately 1½ miles NW of Lowell, on private land. A major shaft of the Copper Queen Mine workings. Owned by the Phel…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 21 shaft symbols
- 11 adit symbols
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: , R24E (Bisbee 7.5 minute topo map), approximately 1½ miles NW of Lowell, on private land. A major shaft of the Copper Queen Mine wor…
- Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: topo map), approximately 1½ miles NW of Lowell, on private land. A major shaft of the Copper Queen Mine workings. Owned by the Phel... Historical context: A former large out…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Phelps Dodge Corp · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Aurichalcite
- Azurite
- Brucite
- Calcite
- Chalcoalumite
- Chalcotrichite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
View all 22 reported minerals
- Aurichalcite
- Azurite
- Brucite
- Calcite
- Chalcoalumite
- Chalcotrichite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Connellite
- Cuprite
- Goethite
- Malachite
- Native Copper
- Native Silver
- Pyrite
- Rhomboclase
- Spangolite
- Tenorite
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 (21)
- mapped adit symbols (11)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 3302
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (22)
- underground workings
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