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Armistice Mine (Short Mine; Kelly Mine; Kelley Mine; Lead Bullion Mine), Hartford District (Huachuca Mountains District), Huachuca Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

‡Ref.: Wilson, E.D., et al (1951), Arizona zinc and lead deposits, part II, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 158: 40.

Hayes, P.T., and Raup, R.B. (1968) Geologic map of the Huachuca and Mustang Mountains, southeastern Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-509, 1 sheet, scale 1:48,000.

Keith, Stanton B. (1973), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 187, Index of Mining Properties in Cochise County, Arizona: 64 (Table 4).

Tuftin, S.E. and Armstrong, R.C. (1994) U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report Mineral Land Assessment (MLA) 1-94.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Armistice Mine file.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10104046, MRDS ID #M241006; and, Dep. ID #10161367, MAS ID #0040030730.

A former small underground Pb-Ag-Cu-Au mine on 9 unpatented claims located in the NW ¼ sec. 25, T.23S., R.20E, approximately 4 miles SW of Ramsey, on National Forest land. Produced 1940-1949. Operated by Kelly Short, A.R. & T.H. Short.

Mineralization is lead carbonate and sulfide in irregular, bedded replacement bodies in exotic blocks of Paleozoic limestone in Triassic-Jurassic volcanics near a large thrust fault. The ore zone strikes N35W and dips 45NE. Ore control was proximity to thrust fault, which thrust Precambrian granite over sediments and volcanics in a plane dipping 65NW. Ore concentration was strong leaching. No mineralization in the granite.

Workings include an inclined shaft 180 feet long with workings at 50, 100, and 180 foot levels. Workings total 152.4 meters in length and 40.84 meters in depth. Total production during the periods 1940-1944 and 1948-1949 amounted to some 870 tons.





Map Reference: 31°24'20"N , 110°16'8"W

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