| Deposit ID | 10048336 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M899920 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Salvador Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | San Salvador Mine, Hermosa Group |
| Related records | 10113242 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.71539, 31.45347 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1615 |
| Relative position | 1.5 MILES SW OF HARSHAW. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 016E | 09 | NE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Braunite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Wad | Ore |
| Result | EARLY 1900'S ASSAY VALUES AVERAGED 30 OZ/TON AG, 19% MN |
|---|---|
| Result | 1941 VALUES AVERAGED 13.5% MN, 0.12% CU, 1.1% PB, 1.3% ZN, 1.9% FE, 67.4% SI, 10.7 OZ/TON AG |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Chief Conglomerate, Breccia Member | ||||||
| Rock description | Chief Conglomerate, Breccia Member | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -110.71539, 31.45347 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Trending American Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Salvador Vein Is Located Almost On Projected Course Of Hermosa Vein, But Is Separated From It By Zone Of Upfaulted Quartzite |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1877 |
| Discoverer | Hermosa Mining Co. (?) |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| Year of last production | 1944 |
| District name | Harshaw District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | L. R. Brown |
| First year | 1944 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Marstellar, Grover ; Otto Herald And Associates |
| First year | 1938 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.473HA |
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Overall length | 91.44M |
| Overall width | 54.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M899920 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230004 |
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
USBM FILES, SALVADOR MINE.
SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 275.
KEITH, STANTON B., INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 59.
ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH.
FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND C.W. DELONG, 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 171-173.
MOORES, RICHARD C., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 83.
SIMONS, FRANKS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUDRADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, SALVADORE MINE.
ADMR FILE DATA, SALVADOR MINE-WORKINGS MAP.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: HERMOSEA MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | SILVER ORE MINED FROM VEIN LOCATED SEVERAL 100 FT EAST OF SALVADOR MANGANESE DEPOSIT. LIMESTONE BEDDINE PLANES CONTAINING ORE BODIES STRIKE W AND DIP ABOUT 35N ORE BODIES RANGE FROM SMALL HIGH-GRADE BUNCHES TO AVERAGE-GRADE MASSES A FEW TENS OF FT IN LENGTH AND SEVERAL FT IN WIDTH. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 25-MAY-1995 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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