A former small underground Ag-Pb mine located in the NW ¼ sec. 14, T.20S. R.22E, approximately 3/4 mile SSW of Tombstone, on private land. Owned at times, or in part, by the Tombstone Gold & Silver Mining Co. (1881); the Tombstone Mill & Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., and the Tombstone Development Co.

Mineralization is a replacement deposit with small, oxidized oreshoots of argentiferous galena along fracture zones and in replacement bodies on anticlinal rolls on the West side of the Lucky Cuss fault zone. Host rock units are the Naco Limestone and the Epitaph Dolomite.

Local structures include the Tombstone Basin and the Lucky Cuss Fault.

Workings include at least 3 shafts (deepest = 100 feet (1881)). Some ore was produced in the 1880's.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ Galena

ⓘ var. Silver-bearing Galena

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Galena

Formula: PbS

References:

(1973) Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 187. Arizona Bureau of Mines p.78

ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena

Formula: PbS with Ag

References:

(1973) Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 187. Arizona Bureau of Mines p.78

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Galena	2.CD.10	PbS
ⓘ	var. Silver-bearing Galena	2.CD.10	PbS with Ag

List of minerals for each chemical element

S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Galena	PbS
S	ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena	PbS with Ag
Ag	Silver
Ag	ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena	PbS with Ag
Pb	Lead
Pb	ⓘ Galena	PbS
Pb	ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena	PbS with Ag

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10046259

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References

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10046259, MRDS ID #M241135; and, Dep. ID #10137180, MAS ID #0040030670.

Hamilton, Patrick (1881) The Resources of Arizona - A Manual of Reliable Information Concerning the Territory. The Legislature of the Territory of Arizona. pages 36, 38

Butler, B.S., Wilson, E.D., and Rasor, C.A. (1938b), Geology and ore deposits of the Tombstone district, Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 143: Pl. XIII.

(1973) Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 187. Arizona Bureau of Mines p.78 - Table 4

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