The Silver Hill Mine Group is a gold, silver, lead, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,840 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: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.95139, -109.22500
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Silver Hill Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Hill Mine Group
Secondary: Black Ben
Secondary: Manila
Secondary: Hall Mine Group
Secondary: Ananais
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: E. F. Epley
Owner Name: Scott And Crawfork, New Vail Mng Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1953
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: District Mineralization Associated With Major Tertiary Volcanic And Intrusive Event
Type: L
Description: E-W Trending Thrust Fault Mapped .25 Mile N Of Mine. A Fault Striking N49w, Dip 74sw Runs Through Mine Workings. Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Dike Strikes Generally Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrometamorphosed Limestone
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): BASE METAL CARBONATES AND SULFIDES
Comment (Production): A TOTAL OF ABOUT 180 TONS OF BASE METAL ORE AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF TUNGSTEN ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1890'S TO 1952.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED SCOTT & WALKER, NEW VAIL MINING CO., W.A. HICKS, OLNEY AND MCLINTOCK, LH. DYKES, ANANAIS MINING CO; 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, LOWER WITH 400 FT LENGTH, 500 FT WORKINGS, UPPER WITH 150 FT LENGTH AND STOPING
Comment (Geology): PYROMETAMORPHOSED TACTITE ZONES IN SHEARED, FAULTED, AND SILICATED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SEC 24, UTM EST
Comment (Deposit): PYROMETAMORPHOSED TACTITE ZONES IN SHEARED, FAULTED, AND SILICATED LIMESTONE. SCHEELITE BEARING ZONE STRIKES N50W, DIP 70SW
References
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5650, 1960, P. 6-10
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 54.
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