Golden Rule Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209915
MRDS ID M001422
MAS/MILS ID 0040030147
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Rule Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Terrible, Golden Eagle, Santa Lucia
Related records 10026970

Comments on the site names

  • INCLUDES OTHER NAMED AND UNNAMED MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE GOLDEN RULE DISTRICT. NAMED MINES (LOCATION UNKNOWN) INCLUDE THE TEXAS-ARIZONA, BIGNON, AND BARRETT MINES. TWO PROSPECTS ARE IN SW SEC. 24; ONE PROSPECT IS IN NW SEC. 25. SEVERAL OTHER WORKINGS ARE IN S2 SEC. 23 (SEE CHATMAN, 1994, FIG. 52-3 AND TEXT).

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.96896, 32.03153 (WGS84)
Elevation 1040
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cochise(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016 S 023 E 23 S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.96896, 32.03153

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1849
Year of first production 1883

Mining district

District name Golden Rule District

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Manzoro Mining Co
    ID 202070
  • Type Unknown
    Owner G. S And L Leasing Co
    ID 202070

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    HAMPF, A. W., 1972, GEOL. OF THE GOLDEN RULE MINE AREA,

  • Deposit

    MS THESIS, UNIV. ARIZ., 91 P.

  • Deposit

    KREIDLER, T. J., 1981, USBM OFR MLA 35-82, 8 P.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 39, D2-3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JAN-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/12/1983
MSHA mine ID0202070
Mine name (MSHA)Golden Rule Mine
Current operatorGoldfort Mining Corp
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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