The Dry Hill Mine is a silver and manganese mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 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: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Manganese
Lat, Long: 31.69167, -110.08889
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Dry Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dry Hill Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
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
Owner Name: Tombstone Development Co. And Lessees
Years: 1938 -
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: PIPELIKE TO TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Prompter Fault Zone And Rattlesnake Branch Fault. Complex Faulting Locally. Directly W Is A N-S Fault, Faulting Penn And Camb Limestone Against Cret Bisbee Group
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODIES RANGE IN SIZE FROM SMALL LENSES TO 20 FT WIDE BY 5 TO 25 FT LONG AND 100 FT OR MORE DOWN THE DIP WITHIN A HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OF 500 FT ON THE LARGER FAULT ZONE THREE SHOOTS HAVE BEEN STOPED TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 100 FT, AND ONE WAS FOLLOWED FROM THE 100 TO THE 200 LEVEL. ON THE PARALLEL FAULT TO THE NORTHWEST, THE ORE BODIES ARE OF SMALLER SIZE AND LOWER GRADE.
Comment (Geology): MANGANESE-SILVER MINERALIZATION HERE PROBABLY OCCURRED AFTER MAIN IRON-LEAD-ZINC PHASE IN TOMBSTONE DISTRICT
Comment (Location): UTM ESTIMATED, 3000 FT W OF OREGON SHAFT
Comment (Production): MOST PRODUCTION WAS DONE DURING THE EARLY DAYS AND IS UNRECORDED. PRODUCED FROM 1933 TO 1937 AND INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187, P. 75
Reference (Production): ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 143, P 84
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B S; WILSON, E D; RASOR, C A; 1938, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, P 80-84.
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