Silver Strike Mine

The Silver Strike Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,351 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

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Strike Mine
Secondary: Devonian Group
Secondary: Cawood
Secondary: Tennessee Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Apache Pass District, Teviston District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: F. W. And Pauline Clark, 1956

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
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: Strike Slip Fault With Approximately 1000 Ft Displacement Is Mapped 1000 Ft W Of Mine By Sabins

Type: L
Description: Paleozoic Limestone With Quartz Monzonite Intrusives Nearby. Sediments Unconformably Overly Prec Pinal Schist. Intrusive Dikes Vertical, Ne Trend. 5-15 Ft Wide Limestone Beds Strike Wnw, Dip 65-70sw

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tactite Along Intrusive Contacts With Garnet, Epidote, And Augite. Limestone Altered To Tactite

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): REFERENCES DO NOT GIVE HOST ROCK FORMATION, BUT THREE FORMATIONS SURROUNDING MINE ARE GIVEN

Comment (Location): VERY CLOSE TO BOUNDARY WITH DRAINAGE AREA 15050201, LOCATION IS THAT OF THE TENNESSEE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): A FEW HUNDRED METRIC TONS OF PB-AG ORE

Comment (Development): 1939 TO 1955, OWNED AND OPERATED BY JAMES AND MORRIS CAWOOD, 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS SILVER STRIKE MINING COMPANY, 1919 . EXPLORED FOR TUNGSTEN IN 1942.

Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE VEIN WIDTH IS 5 FT. FISSURE VEIN (N62E,80SE) AND ASSOCIATED QUARTZ MASSES, CONTAINING SPOTTY SULFIDES AND SCHEELITE, CUTTING PALEOZOIC AND CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS NEAR CRETACEOUS OR TERTIARY GRANITE PLUTONS.

Comment (Workings): 300 FT SHAFT INACCESIBLE IN 1960, OTHER WORKINGS INCLUDE 80 FT INCLINED SHAFT AND A 600 FT BRANCHING TUNNEL

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM REPORT OF INVESTGATIONS 5650, P18-22

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 72

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): GEOL SOC AMER BULL, VOL 68, P. 1315

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, HARALD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1980.

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