West Side Mine

The West Side Mine is a lead, silver, and gold 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

Name: West Side Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 31.70694, -110.06667

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West Side Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: West Side Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Wollastonite


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

Type: Underground


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, Beds Tilted Nne After Mineralization


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Wollastonite


Comments

Comment (Location): 500 FT SW OF TOUGHNUT AND GIRARD SHAFTS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF ORE PRODUCED, MAINLY IN THE LATE 1880'S AND EARLY 1900'S. POST 1900 PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP IN ABGMT-USBM DATA

Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED ORE IN CRETACEOUS BEDS, CONTROLLED BY INTERSECTION OF FISSURES AND ANTICLINAL ROLLS.

Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT, 8 LEVELS OF WORKINGS. MAIN WORKINGS LINEAR ALONG NE TRENDING FISSURE


References

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

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 80.

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

Reference (Deposit): TOMBSTONE & VICINITY, ARIZ., 1907

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 710, 1920, PL. 5


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