Silver Thread Mine

The Silver Thread Mine is a zinc, gold, lead, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.

About the MRDS Data:

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 Thread Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Wollastonite
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone 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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: L
Description: In Tombstone Basin, East Edge Of Bisbee Group Outcrop

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Wollastonite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Arsenic
Ore: Antimony

Comments

Comment (Production): A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1880'S AND A FEW HUNDRED TONS IN THE 1920'S. POST 1900 PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP

Comment (Development): OPERATED BY TOMBSTONE MILL AND MINING UNTIL 1896, LESSEES UNTIL 1901, THEN TOMBSTONE CONSOLIDATED AND TOMBSTONE DEVELOPMENT.

Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED OREBODIES IN LIMESTONE ALONG THE CREST AND LIMB OF AN ANTICLINAL ROLL AND ALONG "NORTHEAST" FISSURES. WOLLASTONITE OCCURS AS FIBROUS MASSES.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS

Comment (Location): W CENTRAL SEC 12, APPROX 500 YARDS E OF EMPIRE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, P. 3,4

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 7108 1920, PL.5

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 79.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

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