The Great American Mine is a silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 31.71722, -109.53472
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Great American Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great American Mine
Secondary: Alpine
Secondary: Heney
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Swisshelm 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: Stanley Secrist
Years: 1964 -
Owner Name: Swisshelm Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1973
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: R
Description: Nnw Thrust Faults In Swisshelms Overthrust Penn Naco Group Over Rhyolite Porphyry
Type: L
Description: Limestone Surrounded By Overlying Tertiary Rhyolite, Penn Naco Group Strikes Nw Dips 20n
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SEC 1, UTM EST
Comment (Production): SOME 1500 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1880'S TO 1940. 1937 AND 1938 PRODUCTION IN ABGMT-USBM FILES MAY INCLUDE MOUNTAIN QUEEN MINE. MOUNTAIN QUEEN PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDE GREAT AMERICAN FOR 1925, 1934, AND 1935
Comment (Development): GROUP OF 4 CLAIMS: HORN SILVER, GREAT AMERICAN, ALICE AND SULPHURETTS; OTHER OPERATORS INCLUDED: ALPINE MINING CO, FOURHORSE MINING CO., OLD DOMINION COM. CO., GREAT AMERICAN (BEN HENEY), AND SHEERER AND HANSEN (1912)
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE TWO SHAFTS ON THE HORN SILVER CLAIM (15 AND 30 FT DEEP) AND NUMEROUS ADITS ON THE GREAT AMERICAN CLAIM THE LONGEST OF WHICH IS 675 FT LONG, AND REACHES MORE THAN 150 FT BELOW THE SURFACE
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002856 OF HASLER AND BOLM WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): RECORD INFORMATION ALSO SUPPLIED BY ABGMT
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
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 71
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1956, USGS MAP MF-213
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
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