USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Sulphuret Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Mining district
- Tombstone District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small underground Ag-Pb-Zn-Au-Cu mine located in the SE ¼ sec. 11, T.20S., R.22E, ½ mile S of Tombstone, on private land. Owned at times, or in part, by the Contention Mining Co., the Western Mining Co., the Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., B…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 12 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
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
- Contention Mining Co., Western Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Gold
- Sphalerite
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 (12)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 32989
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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