Mine detail: Silver Bill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.74263, -109.82259

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Manganese, Semiprecious Gemstone
Ore:	Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Calamine, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Melaconite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Aragonite, Calcite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolin, Limonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Other material:	Pyrolusite
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1893
Last production ended:	1978

Geology

Host rock:	Naco Group
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Gleeson Quartz Monzonite;Sugarloaf Quartz Latite Porphyry
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Quartz Latite,Andesite,Granite
Structure:	In Limestone Near Quartz Monzonite Contact, Limestone N 30 W, 40 To 50 Ne, N50-80e, 40-80 Dip, Faults Cut By Another Fault System At Right Angles

References

MRDS	M800140
DEP	10088878
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1927. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 74-75.}{Deposit:: ABGMT 187, P. 84.}{Deposit:: BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUN * GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ABM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Gest, Don E., Orris, Greta J.