USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Cochise County
Silver Thread Mine
Mindat Confirmed Antimony Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Antimony
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small underground Pb-Ag-Zn-Au-(As-Cd-Sb) mine located in West-central sec. 12, T.20S., R.22E, ¼ mile south of Tombstone and about 500 yards east of the Empire shaft. Owned at times, or in part, by the Tombstone Mill & Mining Co., Tombstone Con…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 10 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: t-central sec. 12, T.20S., R.22E, ¼ mile south of Tombstone and about 500 yards east of the Empire shaft. Owned at times, or in part,…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Bunker Hill Mines Co, Tombstone Development Co · Historical operator
- Tombstone Mill And Mining Co · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Cordierite
- Fluorite
- Sphalerite
- Wollastonite
- Wulfenite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (10)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 32987
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
- underground workings
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