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Savoy Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048079
MRDS ID M800056
Record type Site
Current site name Savoy Mine
Related records 10283847

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33935, 34.17895 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 1.6 MILES SOUTH OF CROWN KING, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown King(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 001W 26 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Analytical data

Result CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAYS = 2.27 OZ/TON AG, 0.2-1.6 OZ/TON AU, 0.5 - 1.6 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33935, 34.17895
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N 25 E
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation And Pegmatites At N 25 E

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 80 W AVERAGE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 76.2M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAVOY MINE IS CRETACEOUS - PALEOCENE VEIN DEPOSIT WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZ - MICA SCHIST. NO IGNEOUS ROCKS OF CRET - PALEO AGE ARE KNOWN AT THE SAVOY MINE ALTHOUGH THEY DO OCCUR IN THE TIGER DISTRICT AS DIKES AND A LARGE PLUTON AT CROWN KING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Year of first production 1888
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name Tiger District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mine Management Corp., Phoenix, Arizona
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. R. Playford, Scottsdale, Arizona

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.153HA
    Length 1310.64M
    Overall depth 91.44M
    Overall length 533.4M
    Overall width 3.05M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OREBODY IS ALMOND - SHAPED POD WITH LONG DIMENSION NEAR - VERTICAL. OREBODY LOCATED AT BEND IN GRAY EAGLE VEIN STRUCTURE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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