The Emerald Mine is a silver, zinc, copper, and lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.68889, -110.06889
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Emerald Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Emerald Mine
Secondary: Emerald and Silver Plume Mine Group
Secondary: East Side
Secondary: East Side #2
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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: N Side Of Ajax Hill Horst, South Of Oregon-Prompter Fault Zone; Abrigo Limestone Dips 35 To 45e
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Development): GRAND CENTRAL MINING CO. OPERATED THE EMERALD AND SILVER PLUME FOR MOST OF THE PRODUCTIVE YEARS. EMERALD HAD ONE OF THE LARGEST ORE BODIES IN DISTRICT
Comment (Workings): MINE HAS 9 LEVELS, SILVER PLUME SHAFT, 788 FT DEEP, ADJOINS TO THE SOUTH
Comment (Deposit): UNDERGROUND WORKING DID NOT REACH LIMIT OF ORE SHOOT, WORK DISCONTINUED BECAUSE OF WATER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): PARTIALLY OXIDIZED BASE METAL SULFIDES WITH SOME WULFENITE AND HORN SILVER IN FAULT BRECCIA IN LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE.
Comment (Commodity): MINE HAD LARGEST BODY OF COPPER ORE IN DISTRICT.
Comment (Location): SILVER PLUME SHAFT IS IN NE/4 OF NW/4 SEC 23, APPROX 50 FT S OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN SEC 14 AND 23, 1000 FT SW OF EMERALD SHAFT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNGER GRAND CENTRAL . SMALLER AMOUNTS PRODUCED UP TO 1928 . ONE CARLOAD YIELDED 40% CU.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER ETAL, 1938, ABM BULL. 143
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S.; WILSON, E.D.; RASOR, C.A.; 1938, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, PL. 3, 4.
Reference (Deposit): USGS TM TOMBSTONE, & VICINITY, ARIZ., 1907.
Reference (Deposit): . KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 75.
Reference (Production): BUTLER ETAL, 1938, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 143.
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