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Silver Plume Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027027
MRDS ID M001742
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Plume Mine
Alternate or previous names Emerald and Silver Plume Mine Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.07094, 31.68652 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. S. OF TOMBSTONE, Utm Estimated Shaft Is 1000 Ft Sw Of Emerald Shaft

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 22E 23 NE OF NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Abrigo Limestone; Bolsa Quartzite
    Rock description Abrigo Limestone; Bolsa Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.07094, 31.68652
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N Side Of Ajax Hill Horst, S Of E-W Trending Prompter Fault. Abrigo Limestone Dips 35 To 45 E

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Dike; Fissure, N20e, Dip 76w

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grand Central Mining Co, Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., Tombstone Developm

Comments on the production information

  • COMBINED PRODUCTION OF EMERALD AND SILVER PLUME MINES TO 1928 WAS AROUND 40,000 TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 240.18M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON EIGHT LEVLELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, P. 72, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 75.

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN FAULT BRECCIA IN LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-81 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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