USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Great American Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Alpine, Heney
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small underground Pb-Ag-Au-Cu mine located on a group of 4 claims (Horn Silver, Great American, Alice and Sulphuretts), in the SE ¼ sec. 1 and sec. 12, T.20S., R.27E, about 3 miles N of Swisshelm Mountain, on private land. Discovered 1880. Pro…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 6 shaft symbols
- 10 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
- Swisshelm Mining Co. · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Galena
- Gold
- Tetrahedrite
- Galena
- Tetrahedrite Subgroup
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 (6)
- mapped adit symbols (10)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 32836
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (2)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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