USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Escapule Mine
Unconfirmed Zinc Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Mining district
- Middle Pass District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Zinc
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Garnet, Moonlight Groups
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former surface and underground Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu-Au (Mo-V) group of mines located in the southern ½ sec. 24, T.18S., R.23E. Discovered 1942. First produced 1942. Operated by Joe M. Escapule (1942). Owned by Joe M. Escapule (1955) and operated by Charles La…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 shaft symbols
- 5 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_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
- J. Escapule · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Sphalerite
- Vanadinite
- Wulfenite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Sphalerite
View all 10 reported minerals
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Sphalerite
- Vanadinite
- Wulfenite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Sphalerite
- Vanadinite
- Wulfenite
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 (3)
- mapped adit symbols (5)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 32796
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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