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Savage Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10046194
MRDS ID M241036
Record type Site
Current site name Savage Mine
Related records 10282637

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.14563, 31.91846 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position APPROX 1/2 MI NW OF PORTAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 017S 031E 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC 26, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BASE METAL CARBONATES AND MINOR SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.14563, 31.91846
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Volcanic And Intrusive Event Associated With District Mineralization
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulted And Tilted Limestone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Savage Gold And Copper Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner Portal

Comments on the production information

  • SOME 100 TONS OF ORE-PRODUCED DURING 1907 TO 1908 AND A SMALL AMOUNT IN 1949.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT TUNNEL, 710 FT INCLINE, 50,65,100,64, AND 40 FT SHAFTS IN 1908, ESTIMATED LENGTH OF WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • 53 CLAIMS IN 1908

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 54.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213

  • Deposit

    COPPER HANDBOOK, W.H. WEED, EDITOR, 1907, 1908

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN FAULTED AND TILTED LIMESTONE. FIVE ORE BODIES, 2 FT TO 36 FT IN WIDTH REPORTED IN 1908

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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