The Silver Bill Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,299 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: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.7425, -109.82194
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Silver Bill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Bill Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Turquoise District, Courtland-Gleeson 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: Gleeson Hieghts Minerals Co., 1978
Production
Year: 1930
Time Period: 1922-30
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Oz/T Ag, $1.50/T Au, 10% Pb, Cu, 3% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1893
Year Last Production: 1978
Discovery Year: 1890
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, Limestone N 30 W, 40 To 50 Ne
Type: L
Description: N50-80e, 40-80 Dip, Faults Cut By Another Fault System At Right Angles
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Melaconite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Aragonite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS SE OF DEFIANCE MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): WOULD BE A MEDIUM PRODUCER IF 1890'S DATA WERE KNOWN. 1926-1938, ORE PRODUCTION IS INCLUDED WITH THE MYSTERY MINE, WHERE ORE WAS TRAMMED PREVIOUS OWNER WAS MARY COSTELLO SOME PRODUCTION INCLUDED IN THE COSTELLO GR-DEFIANCE MINE
Comment (Production): FROM 1926 TO 1938, ORE PRODUCTION IS INCLUDED IN MYSTERY, AS SOME OF THE ORE WAS TRAMMED INTO THE MYSTERY. THE COSTELLO GR-DEFIANCE MINE MAY ALSO INCLUDE SOME SILVER BILL ORE PRODUCTION FIGURES
Comment (Geology): YELLOW AND BROWN IRON OXIDES AND BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES PRESENT.
Comment (Deposit): BODIES LARGEST WHERE TWO OR MORE FAULTS AND FRACTURES INTERSECT. MAIN ORE BODY FLATTENS ABOVE 200 FOOT LEVEL.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT IS 270 FEET LONG AT A 47 DEGREE DIP, DRIFTS AND STOPES. SHAFT WORKINGS CONNECT TO MYSTERY MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1927. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 74-75.
Reference (Production): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 187, P. 84.
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