Silver Bill Mine

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

Name: Silver Bill Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

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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