The Silver Camp Mine is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.2375, -109.64583
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Silver Camp Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Camp Mine
Secondary: Mcginty
Secondary: Golden Belle
Secondary: Eldorado
Secondary: Parent
Secondary: Question
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Silver Camp 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
Owner Name: Pidgeon, Ethel M.
Years: 1969 -
Owner Name: Parent Mining Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1937
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: VEINS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Major N-S Trending Normal Fault Through Area, Mineralization Is On West, Downthrown Side
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC 12 UTM EST
Comment (Production): FIRST CLAIMS IN THE DISTRICT AND OVER 500 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN LATE 1880'S. A FEW TENS OF TONS SHIPPED IN THE 1930'S.
Comment (Development): 8 PATENTED AND 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1969
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN A FAULT BLOCK OF PYROMETA MORPHOSED LIMESTONES CUT BY DIABASE DIKES AND WITH SILVER MINERALIZATION AND SOME GOLD IN A QUARTZ-PYRITE VEIN ALONG A FAULT FISSURE AND AT DIABASE AND RHYOLITE DIKE INTERSECTIONS.
Comment (Geology): LARAMIDE FAULT BLOCK OF PYROMETAMORPHOSED LIMESTONES CUT BY DIABASE DIKES. MAJOR COUNTRY ROCK IS LARAMIDE VOLCANICS AND INTRUSIVE GRANITIC ROCKS.
Comment (Workings): A FEW THOUSAND FEET OF WORK FROM TUNNELS AND SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 62.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
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