Dry Hill Mine

The Dry Hill Mine is a silver and manganese mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 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

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Site Name

Primary: Dry Hill Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold

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

Owner Name: Tombstone Development Co. And Lessees
Years: 1938 -

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: PIPELIKE TO TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Prompter Fault Zone And Rattlesnake Branch Fault. Complex Faulting Locally. Directly W Is A N-S Fault, Faulting Penn And Camb Limestone Against Cret Bisbee Group

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphism

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Copper

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODIES RANGE IN SIZE FROM SMALL LENSES TO 20 FT WIDE BY 5 TO 25 FT LONG AND 100 FT OR MORE DOWN THE DIP WITHIN A HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OF 500 FT ON THE LARGER FAULT ZONE THREE SHOOTS HAVE BEEN STOPED TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 100 FT, AND ONE WAS FOLLOWED FROM THE 100 TO THE 200 LEVEL. ON THE PARALLEL FAULT TO THE NORTHWEST, THE ORE BODIES ARE OF SMALLER SIZE AND LOWER GRADE.

Comment (Geology): MANGANESE-SILVER MINERALIZATION HERE PROBABLY OCCURRED AFTER MAIN IRON-LEAD-ZINC PHASE IN TOMBSTONE DISTRICT

Comment (Location): UTM ESTIMATED, 3000 FT W OF OREGON SHAFT

Comment (Production): MOST PRODUCTION WAS DONE DURING THE EARLY DAYS AND IS UNRECORDED. PRODUCED FROM 1933 TO 1937 AND INCLUDED UNDER TOMBSTONE GROUP

Comment (Workings): TUNNELS

References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187, P. 75

Reference (Production): ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 143, P 84

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B S; WILSON, E D; RASOR, C A; 1938, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, P 80-84.

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