USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Santa Cruz County
La Plata Mine
Source Corroborated Silver Underground 2 mapped shafts 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Santa Cruz
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Black Ace
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 2 adit symbols
- Adit : O'Donnell Canyon , 1958
- Shaft : O'Donnell Canyon , 1958
- Adit : O'Donnell Canyon , 1958
- Shaft : O'Donnell Canyon , 1958
View individual source records (6)
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. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_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
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Psilomelane
- Argentite
- Cerargyrite
- Copper
- Lead
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 (2)
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
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