Sailor Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104078
MRDS ID M241133
Record type Site
Current site name Sailor Mine
Related records 10209804

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.09705, 31.6943 (WGS84)
Elevation 1367
Relative position APPROX. 2 MI. SW OF TOMBSTONE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 022E 16 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC. 16. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Uncle Sam Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Rock description Uncle Sam Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 72
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Uncle Sam Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Rock description Uncle Sam Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 72

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.09705, 31.6943

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bisbee Beds Near Mine Strike E-W, Variable Dip

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED DURING 1880'S AND 1890'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    MARVIN, STERN, CREASEY, AND MEHNERT, 1973, USGS BULL 1379

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER IN OXIDIZED FISSURE VEIN CUTTING QUARTZ LATITE PORPHYRY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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