Savanah & Easter 4 Prospects

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Barium-Barite, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039965
MRDS ID M051181
Record type Site
Current site name Savanah & Easter 4 Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.05708, 32.60482 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tortolita Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S;009S 012E 1;36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Other: Qtz-Barite-Sericite

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE TAKEN FOR XRAY OF DARK MINERAL. ASSAY OF 51 OZ AG IN PIT ALONG STRIKE OF MAIN VEIN OF SAVANAH. EASTER 4 GAVE 17 OZ AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Oracle Granite
    Rock description Oracle Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.05708, 32.60482

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 70 - 80 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Owl Head District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT AT SAVANAH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    N.G. BANKS, FIELD EXAM

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MODERATE TO HEAVY QUARTZ VEINING ON EASTER 4 CLAIM (400' IS QUARTZ, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE). AT SAVANAH ALSO SERICITE VEINS ON QUARTZ, BARITE, PLUS LINARITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Banks, Norman G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.