The Silver Plume Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.68639, -110.07028
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Silver Plume Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Plume Mine
Secondary: Emerald and Silver Plume Mine Group
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Grand Central Mining Co, Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., Tombstone Developm
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: N Side Of Ajax Hill Horst, S Of E-W Trending Prompter Fault. Abrigo Limestone Dips 35 To 45 E
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): COMBINED PRODUCTION OF EMERALD AND SILVER PLUME MINES TO 1928 WAS AROUND 40,000 TONS.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN FAULT BRECCIA IN LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON EIGHT LEVLELS
References
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 75.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, P. 72, PL. 4
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