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Great American Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046226
MRDS ID M241086
Record type Site
Current site name Great American Mine
Alternate or previous names Alpine, Heney
Related records 10160978, 10186095

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.53536, 31.71736 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES N OF SWISSHELM MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swisshelm Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 027E 01;12 SE (01) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC 1, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.53536, 31.71736
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw Thrust Faults In Swisshelms Overthrust Penn Naco Group Over Rhyolite Porphyry
Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Surrounded By Overlying Tertiary Rhyolite, Penn Naco Group Strikes Nw Dips 20n

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault And Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1973

Mining district

District name Swisshelm District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Swisshelm Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stanley Secrist
    First year 1964

Comments on the production information

  • SOME 1500 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1880'S TO 1940. 1937 AND 1938 PRODUCTION IN ABGMT-USBM FILES MAY INCLUDE MOUNTAIN QUEEN MINE. MOUNTAIN QUEEN PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDE GREAT AMERICAN FOR 1925, 1934, AND 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 411.48M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE TWO SHAFTS ON THE HORN SILVER CLAIM (15 AND 30 FT DEEP) AND NUMEROUS ADITS ON THE GREAT AMERICAN CLAIM THE LONGEST OF WHICH IS 675 FT LONG, AND REACHES MORE THAN 150 FT BELOW THE SURFACE

Comments on development

  • GROUP OF 4 CLAIMS: HORN SILVER, GREAT AMERICAN, ALICE AND SULPHURETTS; OTHER OPERATORS INCLUDED: ALPINE MINING CO, FOURHORSE MINING CO., OLD DOMINION COM. CO., GREAT AMERICAN (BEN HENEY), AND SHEERER AND HANSEN (1912)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 71

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1956, USGS MAP MF-213

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002856 OF HASLER AND BOLM WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit RECORD INFORMATION ALSO SUPPLIED BY ABGMT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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