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Arizona · Santa Cruz County

Holland Mine

Unconfirmed Zinc Mixed Underground / Surface

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Santa Cruz
Mining district
Patagonia
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Zinc
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former small surface and underground Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au-Quartz mine located in the center of sec. 3, T24S, R16E (protracted), in the southwestern part of the camp, nearly ½ mile south of the Pride of the West Mine, adjacent on the SW to the Dudley Mine, …

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 22 shaft symbols
  • 8 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Duquesne Mg And Reduction Co; Callahan Zinc Lead Co · Historical operator
  • Holland Smitg And Mg Co; Coughlin; Bartlett; Byrd · Historical operator

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Andradite
  • Anglesite
  • Azurite
  • Bornite
  • Calcite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chlorite Group
  • Dolomite
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  • Andradite
  • Anglesite
  • Azurite
  • Bornite
  • Calcite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chlorite Group
  • Dolomite
  • Galena
  • Garnet Group
  • Goethite
  • Grossular
  • Gypsum
  • Hematite
  • Hydrozincite
  • Limonite
  • Linarite
  • Malachite
  • Molybdenite
  • Native Silver
  • Powellite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyroxene Group
  • Quartz
  • Rosasite
  • Scheelite
  • Schorl
  • Siderite
  • Smithsonite
  • Sphalerite
  • Talc
  • Tremolite

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 shaft symbols (22)
  • mapped adit symbols (8)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 22917

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (32)

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

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