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California-Savage-Kinner Mines

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088191
MRDS ID DB01056
Record type Site
Current site name California-Savage-Kinner Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.37358, 37.24498 (WGS84)
Elevation 1109
Relative position 1400 FEET WEST USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurricane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 014W 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Silver Reef Sandstone, Moenave Formation
    Rock description Silver Reef Sandstone, Moenave Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.37358, 37.24498
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 100.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Selective Sandstone Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Harrisburg

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner 5m Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 6096M
    Overall depth 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS SHAFTS & INCLINES ON THE PROPERTY. THE SAVAGE SHAFT IS LARGEST AND POINT OF REFERENCE. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE INTERCONECTED AND STOPES EXTEND TO THE SURFACE IN SEVERAL PLACES.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ACID LEACH MILL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P. D., 1953 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 44 , P. 148 - 153

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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