| Deposit ID | 10046235 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241099 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Sacramento Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Sacramento Hill mine |
| Included sites | Bisbee |
| Point of reference | Pit |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.90176, 31.43708 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1585 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | Approx 1/2 mi. NW of Lowell, south of US route 80, across from the Cochise property, coincident with the Lavender pit. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bisbee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)
Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sonora(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 024E | 15 | NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Cadmium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cuprodescloizite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 53 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 17 |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 4 |
| Model code | 58 |
| USGS model code | 18a |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu, skarn-related |
| Mark3 model number | 9 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| Rock type qualifier | brecciated and altered porphyry | ||||
| Rock unit name | Sacramento Hill Stock | ||||
| Rock description | Sacramento Hill Stock | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Escabrosa Limestone |
| Rock description | Escabrosa Limestone |
| Pit (1) | -109.90176, 31.43708 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | Main fault directions, N10W to N40E, S30W to N50W |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure name | Pre-mineralization faulting and tilting common |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| Year of last production | 1931 |
| District name | Warren District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Phelps Dodge Corp. |
| Year | 2010 |
| Last year | 2006 |
| Year | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1920-1929 |
| Material | mindat.org |
| Ore mined | 7500000mt |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 91.44M |
| Overall depth | 457.2M |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | open pit |
| Overall depth | 460M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241099 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030318 |
Titley, S. R., 1993, Characteristics of porphyry copper occurrence in the American Southwest; in Kirkham, R.V., Sinclair, W.D., Thorpe, R.I. and Duke, J.M., Mineral Deposit Modeling, Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 40, p. 433-464.
KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 89.
BONILLAS, 1917, AIME TRANS, V. 55, P. 284-355
A succinct description of the ore geology was found at the Sacramento pit record of mindat.org on 7/20/2010.
http://www.mindat.org/loc-6830.html
KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-80 | Zigler, Jan L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-82 | Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 21-JUL-10 | Schruben, Paul | U.S. Geological Survey | Copyrighted comments paraphrased and moved into fields. |
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