The Hand is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 31.9853, -109.28920
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Hand MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hand
Secondary: Kasper Tunnel
Secondary: Gray Tunnel
Secondary: Blacksmith Tunnel
Secondary: Hilltop Mine
Secondary: Rhem Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Cadmium
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: American Zinc, Lead, And Smelting Co.
Owner Name: Piedmont Mines Inc, Queen Mining Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Discovery Year: 1881
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): HILLTOP MINE CONSISTS OF 4 MAJOR LEVELS, 3 ARE CONNECTED, OVER 5 5 MILES OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. ORE SHOOTS OCCUR IN PERMIAN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CONTROLLED MAINLY BY HIGH-ANGLE SHEAR FAULTS. FOUR MAJOR DEPOSIT TYPES: 1) CHIMNEY OR IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT 2) VEIN, 3) BEDDING REPLACEMENT, AND 4) SECONDARY OR OXIDIZED ONE PRODUCTION FIGURE FOR ENTIRE CALIFORNIA DISTRICT FOR 1902- 1954 GIVES 28,000 SHORT TONS OF ORE AND CONCENTRATES YIELDING 290 OZ GOLD, 117,000 OZ SILVER, 4,035 SHORT TONS LEAD, 582 SHORT TONS ZINC, AND 176 SHORT TONS COPPER. BY FAR THE MAJORITY OF THIS PRODUCTION CAME FROM THE HILLTOP MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ADDNL HOLDINGS IN T16S R30E SEC 33-34 AND T17S R30E SEC 3-4
Reference (Deposit): KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 52
Reference (Deposit): BADGER S S 1911 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL APRIL P. 663
Reference (Deposit): BRITTAIN R L 1954 UNPUBLISHED U OF ARIZ MASTERS THESIS
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE K G 1952 UNPUBLISHED U OF ARIZ MASTERS THESIS
Reference (Deposit): BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93
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