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Swisshelm Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109854
MRDS ID M800317
Record type Site
Current site name Swisshelm Mine
Related records 10136549

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.54314, 31.71042 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTH OF SWISSHELM MTN., Utm Measured To Shaft In Approximate Location Of Swisshelm Claims

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)

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 020S 027E 12 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE MAMMOTH AND WHALE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group
    Rock description Naco Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.54314, 31.71042
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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 On Upthrown Side Of Nw Trending Fault; Penn Naco Group Strikes Nw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault And Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Swisshelm District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Swisshelm Gold And Silver Mining Co. (Ben Heney)
    First year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 175.26M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE A 300 FT LONG 30 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT WITH DRIFTING AND CROSS CUTS AT 75 FT LEVEL AND BOTTOM; 75 FT LEVEL CONNECTS WITH AN ADIT; ALSO AN 80 FT VERTICAL SHAFT WHICH CONNECTS WITH AN ADIT CONNECTING TO THE SHAFT AT THE 40 FT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS INCLUDE N. MAMMOTH, N. WHALE NO. 1-4, LITTLE TREE, AND NEW HILLSIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MF 213

  • Deposit

    LORING, W.B., 1947, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MOUNTAIN QUEEN AREA NORTHERN SWISSHELM MOUNTAINS, AZ, M.S. THESIS, U OF AZ

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Roth, Frances A. (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.

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