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Silver Thread Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Wollastonite, Arsenic, Cadmium, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027023
MRDS ID M001736
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Thread Mine
Related records 10282620

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.05983, 31.70819 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MI. S. OF TOMBSTONE, ARIZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 20S 022E 12 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • W CENTRAL SEC 12, APPROX 500 YARDS E OF EMPIRE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Wollastonite Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Arsenic Ore
Gold Ore
Wollastonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group Limestone
    Rock description Bisbee Group Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In Tombstone Basin, East Edge Of Bisbee Group Outcrop

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Anticlinal Roll And "Northeast" Fissures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1880'S AND A FEW HUNDRED TONS IN THE 1920'S. POST 1900 PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATED BY TOMBSTONE MILL AND MINING UNTIL 1896, LESSEES UNTIL 1901, THEN TOMBSTONE CONSOLIDATED AND TOMBSTONE DEVELOPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, P. 3,4

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 7108 1920, PL.5

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED OREBODIES IN LIMESTONE ALONG THE CREST AND LIMB OF AN ANTICLINAL ROLL AND ALONG "NORTHEAST" FISSURES. WOLLASTONITE OCCURS AS FIBROUS MASSES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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