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Savanic Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Uranium, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027690
MRDS ID M003835
Record type Site
Current site name Savanic Mine
Alternate or previous names Bronzel Bronze L

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.80108, 36.27139 (WGS84)
Elevation 1268
Relative position LOCATED IN GRAND WASH CLIFFS, 1 MILE S OF PIGEON CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand Gulch Bench(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Trumbull(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grand Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 033N 014W 09 NE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 10 MILES NE OF PIERCE FERRY. SITUATED NEAR PIGEON SPRINGS IN ARIZONA STRIP COUNTRY, NORTH OF COLORADO RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Series Of Alteration: Chalcopyrite To Bornite, Which Alter Through Chalcocite To The Copper Carbonates.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Redwall Limestone
    Rock description Redwall Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.80108, 36.27139
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED, LENSES, STRINGERS, KIDNEYS
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 60 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Main Shear 1 To 3 Ft Wide, Dips 60e

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS PROBABLY OXIDES OF COPPER AND ARE RELATED TO A NW TRENDING FAULT IN THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, SIMILAR TO ORE BODIES IN THE CALLVILLE LIMESTONE IN THE BEAVER DAM MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON CO., UTAH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE NW TRENDING APEX FAULT, KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE APEX FISSURE, SEE BUTLER, B. S., USGS PROF. PAPER 111, PAGE 596. BUTLER STATES THAT THE ORES ARE REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO FISSURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1906 - 1919

Mining district

District name Bentley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ABM BULL. 140 CREDITS THE SAVANIC MINE WITH $300,000 PRODUCTION FROM 1906 - 1919 ALL IN COPPER. NO RECORD OF RECENT PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • A WORKING SHAFT 190 FT WITH HOIST AND POWER UNIT FROM THIS SHAFT - 2 LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED H. BABINEAU, LEWIS R. LARD, SPENCER, JOHNSON, SAVANNIC MINING CO, BRONZELL MINING. MINE HAS 2 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1914, THE GRAND GULCH MINING REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 580 - D, P. 53-55.

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.

  • Deposit

    SCARBOROUGH, 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND URANIUM PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA, ABGMT OPEN-FILE REPORT, MARCH, 1981.

  • Deposit

    DUNNING, C.H., 1966, ROCKS TO RICHES, P. 378.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ARIZ. BUREAU MINES BULL. 140, P. 96.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002844 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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