The Silver Flame Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,750 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: 3,750 Feet (1,143 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.58333, -111.33000
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Silver Flame Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Flame Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amado 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: Stockwell, T. L.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1949
Year Last Production: 1947
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Surface Enrichment
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): MINE NOT MENTIONED IN ABGMT 189. AMADO GROUP, M050508 DESCRIPTION USED AND DISTRICT DRSCRIPTION
Comment (Commodity): NEARBY AMADO MINE CONTAINS ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA AND SPHALERITE
Comment (Location): ONLY PROSPECT IN 1/4 SECTION GIVEN BY MILS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 189, P. 103-104
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
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