East Side Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, Lead, Gold
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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046211
MRDS ID M241062
Record type Site
Current site name East Side Mine
Alternate or previous names East Side No. 2
Related records 10185568

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.07566, 31.69957 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Relative position APPROX 1 MI S OF TOMBSTONE

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 020S 022E 14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC 14 UTM EST , BETWEEN LUCKY CUSS AND TRIBUTE SHAFTS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.07566, 31.69957

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description "Northeast" Fissure Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL MANGANESE PRODUCER. CLAIM LOCATED BETWEEN LARGE SHAFT WORKINGS OF TRIBUTE AND LUCKY CUSS. MANGANESE MINERALIZATION PROBABLY POST DATES IRON-LEAD-ZINC PHASE OF MINERALIZATION

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 Tombstone Milling And Mining Co.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bunker Hill Mines Co.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Tombstone Development Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN EARLY 1900'S. AG-PB-AU FIGURES INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP IN ABGMT-USBM FILE

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 143, 1938, PLATES

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7990, P. 37

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL OXIDIZED ORE SHOOTS OF MANGANIFEROUS SILVER MINERALIZATION ALONG A "NORTHEAST" FISSURE ZONE IN CRET SEDIMENTARY BEDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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