The Mystery Mine is a silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,020 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: 5,020 Feet (1,530 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.74472, -109.81694
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Mystery Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mystery Mine
Secondary: Minerals Exploration Co.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Turquoise District, Courtland-Gleeson District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1879
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: In Limestone Near Quartz Monzonite Contact, Naco Dips 40 To 50 Ne, Intrusion Plane Dips 5 W, Showing Only Slight Marbleization Of Limestone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Aragonite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ADJOIN SILVER BILL MINE. TUNNEL WAS 785 FEET LONG IN 1925
Comment (Geology): YELLOW AND BROWN IRON OXIDES AND BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES PRESENT.
Comment (Deposit): 4 PATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ADIT IN SECTION 29 CONNECTS TO OTHER ADITS IN SECTION 32-ALL SAME MINE. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 30 (1979)
Comment (Production): SOME SILVER BILL PRODUCTION IS INCLUDED IN FIGURES, AFTER 1926
Comment (Development): SOME PRODUCTION OF SILVER BILL MINE INCLUDED IN MYSTERY FIGURES. ACTIVE IN 1880'S AND 1890'S (NO REPORTED PRODUCTION) AND 1924 TO 1930. OPERATORS INCLUDED JOHN GLEESON, MYSTERY MNG. CO. PREVIOUS OWNER MRS. P. WARNEKROSS; 4 PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): 4 PATENTED CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1927, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 77.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 187, P. 84.
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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