Tranquility Shaft

The Tranquility Shaft is a silver and lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Tranquility Shaft  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 31.70778, -110.06222

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Tranquility Shaft MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tranquility Shaft


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead


Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: In Tombstone Basin, Post Mineralization Tilting To Nne


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): 3 LEVELS FROM SHAFT, 1ST LEVEL MOST EXTENSIVE.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Deposit): SHAFT ADJOINS EMPIRE SHAFT TONORTH AND SILVER THREAD SHAFT TO NORTHEAST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, P. 3, 4.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 710, 1920, PL. 5.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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