Silver Camp Mine

The Silver Camp Mine is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,499 feet.

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 Camp Mine
Secondary: Mcginty
Secondary: Golden Belle
Secondary: Eldorado
Secondary: Parent
Secondary: Question

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Silver Camp 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

Owner Name: Pidgeon, Ethel M.
Years: 1969 -

Owner Name: Parent Mining Co

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1937
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: VEINS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Major N-S Trending Normal Fault Through Area, Mineralization Is On West, Downthrown Side

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC 12 UTM EST

Comment (Production): FIRST CLAIMS IN THE DISTRICT AND OVER 500 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN LATE 1880'S. A FEW TENS OF TONS SHIPPED IN THE 1930'S.

Comment (Development): 8 PATENTED AND 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1969

Comment (Deposit): ORE IN A FAULT BLOCK OF PYROMETA MORPHOSED LIMESTONES CUT BY DIABASE DIKES AND WITH SILVER MINERALIZATION AND SOME GOLD IN A QUARTZ-PYRITE VEIN ALONG A FAULT FISSURE AND AT DIABASE AND RHYOLITE DIKE INTERSECTIONS.

Comment (Geology): LARAMIDE FAULT BLOCK OF PYROMETAMORPHOSED LIMESTONES CUT BY DIABASE DIKES. MAJOR COUNTRY ROCK IS LARAMIDE VOLCANICS AND INTRUSIVE GRANITIC ROCKS.

Comment (Workings): A FEW THOUSAND FEET OF WORK FROM TUNNELS AND SHAFTS

References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 62.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

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

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