Silver Cloud Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048227
MRDS ID M800321
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Cloud Mine
Related records 10234065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.95538, 31.8393 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position APPROX 1 1/2 MI SW OF BLACK DIAMOND PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Diamond Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 023E 25 W2 OF CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite 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 Regional
Structure description Complex Tertiary Faulting Of Paleozoic And Cretaceous Sediments, Tertiary Intrusives Beds Strike Nw, Dip Ne (Variable Dip)
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Dipping, Nw Trending Thrust Sheets,:Steep Dipping To Overturned Cretaceous Beds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Faults In Bisbee Group

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1921
Year of last production 1934

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, AND AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL ADIT

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED H. HUTCHISON, J.S. CHAMBERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 69

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 281

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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