Mine detail: Silver Cloud Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 31.8393, -109.95538

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Secondary: Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1921
Last production ended: 1934

Geology

Host rock:Bisbee Group Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Complex Tertiary Faulting Of Paleozoic And Cretaceous Sediments, Tertiary Intrusives Beds Strike Nw, Dip Ne (Variable Dip), East Dipping, Nw Trending Thrust Sheets,:Steep Dipping To Overturned Cretaceous Beds

References

MRDSM800321
DEP10048227
Reference{Deposit:: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 69}{Deposit:: USGS PP 281}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}
ReporterGest, Don E.