The Savanic Mine is a copper mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,160 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,160 Feet (1,268 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.27139, -113.80028
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Savanic Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Savanic Mine
Secondary: Bronzel Bronze L
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Bentley District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Grand Canyon Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BEDDED, LENSES, STRINGERS, KIDNEYS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Series Of Alteration: Chalcopyrite To Bornite, Which Alter Through Chalcocite To The Copper Carbonates.
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE IS PROBABLY OXIDES OF COPPER AND ARE RELATED TO A NW TRENDING FAULT IN THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, SIMILAR TO ORE BODIES IN THE CALLVILLE LIMESTONE IN THE BEAVER DAM MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON CO., UTAH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE NW TRENDING APEX FAULT, KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE APEX FISSURE, SEE BUTLER, B. S., USGS PROF. PAPER 111, PAGE 596. BUTLER STATES THAT THE ORES ARE REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO FISSURES.
Comment (Location): 10 MILES NE OF PIERCE FERRY. SITUATED NEAR PIGEON SPRINGS IN ARIZONA STRIP COUNTRY, NORTH OF COLORADO RIVER.
Comment (Production): ABM BULL. 140 CREDITS THE SAVANIC MINE WITH $300,000 PRODUCTION FROM 1906 - 1919 ALL IN COPPER. NO RECORD OF RECENT PRODUCTION.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED H. BABINEAU, LEWIS R. LARD, SPENCER, JOHNSON, SAVANNIC MINING CO, BRONZELL MINING. MINE HAS 2 CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): A WORKING SHAFT 190 FT WITH HOIST AND POWER UNIT FROM THIS SHAFT - 2 LEVELS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002844 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1914, THE GRAND GULCH MINING REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 580 - D, P. 53-55.
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.
Reference (Deposit): SCARBOROUGH, 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND URANIUM PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA, ABGMT OPEN-FILE REPORT, MARCH, 1981.
Reference (Deposit): DUNNING, C.H., 1966, ROCKS TO RICHES, P. 378.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ARIZ. BUREAU MINES BULL. 140, P. 96.
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