Emerald and Silver Plume Mine Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282398
MRDS ID M050352
MAS/MILS ID 0040030607
Record type Site
Current site name Emerald and Silver Plume Mine Group
Related records 10039571

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.07426, 31.66683 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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)

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 020 S 022 E 23 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Mississippian, Devonian, and Cambrian sedimentary rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Grand Central Mng Co, Tombstone Consol Mines Co
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Bunker Hill Mines Co, Tombstone Development Co

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 75

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.