1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Swisshelm Mine

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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 10136549
MRDS ID M800317
MAS/MILS ID 0040030337
Record type Site
Current site name Swisshelm Mine
Related records 10109854

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.54454, 31.70094 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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)

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 027 E 12 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.54454, 31.70094
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Swisshelm Mtn Gold And Silver Mining Co
    Interest 100
    Year 1947
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ben Heney
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1947

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA CIRCA 1947

  • Deposit

    MINES HANDBOOK VOL 18 P 434

  • Deposit

    LORING W B 1947 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MOUNTAIN

  • Deposit

    QUEEN AREA, NORTHERN SWISSHELM MTNS, ARIZ, UNIV ARIZ

  • Deposit

    M S THESIS

  • Deposit

    ARIZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Arizona resources

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