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Silver Hill Mine Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104055
MRDS ID M241037
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Hill Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Black Ben, Manila, Hall Mine Group, Ananais
Related records 10185575

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.22564, 31.95152 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position APPROX 3/4 MI W OF PARADISE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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

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 017S 030E 24 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC 24, UTM EST

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • BASE METAL CARBONATES AND SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrometamorphosed Limestone

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 Naco Group, Earp And Horquilla Formations
    Rock description Naco Group, Earp And Horquilla Formations

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.22564, 31.95152
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description District Mineralization Associated With Major Tertiary Volcanic And Intrusive Event
Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Trending Thrust Fault Mapped .25 Mile N Of Mine. A Fault Striking N49w, Dip 74sw Runs Through Mine Workings. Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Dike Strikes Generally Nw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYROMETAMORPHOSED TACTITE ZONES IN SHEARED, FAULTED, AND SILICATED LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Scott And Crawfork, New Vail Mng Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. F. Epley

Comments on the production information

  • A TOTAL OF ABOUT 180 TONS OF BASE METAL ORE AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF TUNGSTEN ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1890'S TO 1952.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, LOWER WITH 400 FT LENGTH, 500 FT WORKINGS, UPPER WITH 150 FT LENGTH AND STOPING

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED SCOTT & WALKER, NEW VAIL MINING CO., W.A. HICKS, OLNEY AND MCLINTOCK, LH. DYKES, ANANAIS MINING CO; 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 54.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5650, 1960, P. 6-10

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYROMETAMORPHOSED TACTITE ZONES IN SHEARED, FAULTED, AND SILICATED LIMESTONE. SCHEELITE BEARING ZONE STRIKES N50W, DIP 70SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-80 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-81 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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