The Silver Thread Mine is a zinc, gold, lead, and silver 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.70806, -110.05917
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Silver Thread Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Thread Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Wollastonite
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: In Tombstone Basin, East Edge Of Bisbee Group Outcrop
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wollastonite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Arsenic
Ore: Antimony
Comments
Comment (Production): A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1880'S AND A FEW HUNDRED TONS IN THE 1920'S. POST 1900 PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP
Comment (Development): OPERATED BY TOMBSTONE MILL AND MINING UNTIL 1896, LESSEES UNTIL 1901, THEN TOMBSTONE CONSOLIDATED AND TOMBSTONE DEVELOPMENT.
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED OREBODIES IN LIMESTONE ALONG THE CREST AND LIMB OF AN ANTICLINAL ROLL AND ALONG "NORTHEAST" FISSURES. WOLLASTONITE OCCURS AS FIBROUS MASSES.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS
Comment (Location): W CENTRAL SEC 12, APPROX 500 YARDS E OF EMPIRE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, P. 3,4
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 7108 1920, PL.5
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 79.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
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