USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Wakefield Mine
Source Corroborated Gold Mixed Underground / Surface 1 mapped shaft 4 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Mining district
- New Reef
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Coronado N.F. Part 8., Blue Jay, Jack Wakefield, Covellite
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small surface and underground Au-Ag-W-Cu-Pb mine located in North-central sec. 30, T.23S. R.20E. Discovered 1896. Produced 1896-1944. Owned by the Arid Mines & Development Co. Operated by Jack Wakefield Mining Co. (1943). Mineralization is …
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 4 adit symbols
- Adit : Sunnyside , 1958
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- 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
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Arid Mines And Development Co · Historical operator · 1973
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Quartz
- Rock Crystal
- Scheelite
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 (1)
- mapped adit symbols (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 1 historical document
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 32766
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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