USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Irish Mag Shaft
Unconfirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Mining district
- Warren District
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Calumet and Arizona Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former large output underground Cu-Pb-Zn-Au-Ag occurrence/mine located in the center of sec. 16, T23S, R24E, in upper Ramsey Canyon, where Pat Scott and Wisconsin Canyon enter Ramsey Canyon, on private land. Produced 1902-1950. Owned at times, or in …
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 25 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: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Calumet And Arizona Mng. Co. , Lake Superior And W Stern Dev. Co. Phelps Dodge Corp.(19 · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Anglesite
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Gold
- Malachite
View all 19 reported minerals
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Anglesite
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Gold
- Malachite
- Silver
- Anglesite
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Cuprite
- Galena
- Malachite
- Native Copper
- Pyrite
- 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 (25)
- mapped adit symbols (10)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 33190
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (10)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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