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Arizona · Cochise County

Texas Mine Group

Mindat Confirmed Copper Underground

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Cochise
Mining district
California District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Mindat Confirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Owned by the Texas Milling and Mining Co. Mineralization is a 4 to 30 foot wide vein. Workings include a 300 foot deep shaft and 3 tunnels at 30, 40 & 250 feet long (1881).

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Additional documented workings

  • Portal — documented in 1 source record.
    Mindat
  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record, noting 300 ft deep, 30 ft wide, 250 ft long.
    Mindat
  • Tunnel — documented in 1 source record, noting 250 ft long, 30 ft wide, 300 ft deep.
    Mindat

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

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

  • Portal
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: nd underground Cu-Pb-Ag-W mine group located in the center of sec. 13, T.17S., R.31E. (protracted) (Portal 15 minute topo map), 1½ mi…
  • Shaft · depth 300 ft
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: g and Mining Co. Mineralization is a 4 to 30 foot wide vein. Workings include a 300 foot deep shaft and 3 tunnels at 30, 40 & 250 fee…
  • Tunnel · length 250 ft
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Co. Mineralization is a 4 to 30 foot wide vein. Workings include a 300 foot deep shaft and 3 tunnels at 30, 40 & 250 feet long (1881)…
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Mindat Confirmed

Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.

Why confirmed?

Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Chlorargyrite
  • Epidote
  • Galena
  • Garnet Group
  • Scheelite
  • Tremolite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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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 (1)
  • mapped adit symbols (4)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 55741

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (6)
  • underground workings

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