The West Side Mine is a lead, silver, and gold 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
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West Side Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Side Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Wollastonite
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
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, Beds Tilted Nne After Mineralization
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wollastonite
Comments
Comment (Location): 500 FT SW OF TOUGHNUT AND GIRARD SHAFTS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF ORE PRODUCED, MAINLY IN THE LATE 1880'S AND EARLY 1900'S. POST 1900 PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP IN ABGMT-USBM DATA
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED ORE IN CRETACEOUS BEDS, CONTROLLED BY INTERSECTION OF FISSURES AND ANTICLINAL ROLLS.
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT, 8 LEVELS OF WORKINGS. MAIN WORKINGS LINEAR ALONG NE TRENDING FISSURE
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 80.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, PL. 3,4
Reference (Deposit): TOMBSTONE & VICINITY, ARIZ., 1907
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 710, 1920, PL. 5
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