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Silver Strike Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Tungsten
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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 10048229
MRDS ID M800324
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Strike Mine
Alternate or previous names Devonian Group, Cawood, Tennessee Shaft
Related records 10283109

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.49343, 32.18234 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631
Relative position 2 MILES NNW OF APACHE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bowie Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 014S 028E 28,33 S2 (28); N2 (33) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • VERY CLOSE TO BOUNDARY WITH DRAINAGE AREA 15050201, LOCATION IS THAT OF THE TENNESSEE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Tactite Along Intrusive Contacts With Garnet, Epidote, And Augite. Limestone Altered To Tactite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Portal Formation;Elpaso Formation;Bolsa Quartzite
    Rock description Portal Formation;Elpaso Formation;Bolsa Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.49343, 32.18234
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Strike Slip Fault With Approximately 1000 Ft Displacement Is Mapped 1000 Ft W Of Mine By Sabins
Type of structure Local
Structure description Paleozoic Limestone With Quartz Monzonite Intrusives Nearby. Sediments Unconformably Overly Prec Pinal Schist. Intrusive Dikes Vertical, Ne Trend. 5-15 Ft Wide Limestone Beds Strike Wnw, Dip 65-70sw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N62E
    Dip 80 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In A Quartz Plug Along Fissure Vein, Cutting Paleozoic Limeston Scheelite Along Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • REFERENCES DO NOT GIVE HOST ROCK FORMATION, BUT THREE FORMATIONS SURROUNDING MINE ARE GIVEN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Apache Pass District, Teviston District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. W. And Pauline Clark, 1956

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW HUNDRED METRIC TONS OF PB-AG ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 91.44M
    Overall length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT SHAFT INACCESIBLE IN 1960, OTHER WORKINGS INCLUDE 80 FT INCLINED SHAFT AND A 600 FT BRANCHING TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • 1939 TO 1955, OWNED AND OPERATED BY JAMES AND MORRIS CAWOOD, 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS SILVER STRIKE MINING COMPANY, 1919 . EXPLORED FOR TUNGSTEN IN 1942.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM REPORT OF INVESTGATIONS 5650, P18-22

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 72

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    GEOL SOC AMER BULL, VOL 68, P. 1315

  • Deposit

    DREWES, HARALD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1980.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE VEIN WIDTH IS 5 FT. FISSURE VEIN (N62E,80SE) AND ASSOCIATED QUARTZ MASSES, CONTAINING SPOTTY SULFIDES AND SCHEELITE, CUTTING PALEOZOIC AND CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS NEAR CRETACEOUS OR TERTIARY GRANITE PLUTONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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