The Fluorine Hill Mine is a silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 31.9075, -109.79833
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Fluorine Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fluorine Hill Mine
Secondary: Little Jessie Mine Group
Secondary: Cartmill
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Pearce 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: Capt And Cartnell Bros, Fluorine Mng And Hllng Co, Environmental Engineering And Chemical Co.
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: Flows Strike Nne, Variable Dip
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SOME FLUORSPAR PRODUCED. PURPLE FLUORITE.
Comment (Production): ABOUT 1100 TONS OF SILVER BEARING SILICEOUS ROCK SHIPPED INTERMITTENTLY IN 1904, 1907, AND 1927. SOME FLUORSPAR SHIPPED IN 1971.
Comment (Deposit): SPOTTY SILVER AND GOLD CHLORIDES IN NARROW IRREGULAR, AND DISCONTINUOUS QUARTZ-CARBONATE-FLUORSPAR-IRON OXIDE VEINS ALONG FISSURES IN SILICIFIED RHYOLITE PORPHYRY. MINERALIZATION IS IN A NW-SE TRENDING SHEAR ZONE. SOME VEIN MATERIAL IS REPORTED TO CONTAIN UP TO 0.11% URANIUM.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND SURFACE WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD M000835 OF W.GERE WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE RECORD TC10274 HAS BEEN DELETED.
References
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 70.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE COMMONWEALTH MINE AREA, UNIV OF ARIZ PHD THESIS
Reference (Deposit): ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180; USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
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