The Sagamore is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.25611, -115.28417
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Sagamore MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sagamore
Secondary: New York
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): 1942 - 1945 , 300 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED. SHIPPING GRADE ORE SHOWED AN AVERAGE SMELTER RECOVERY OF 2.84 % ZN, 19.85 % PB, 4.66 % CU, 17.50 OZ AG, SOME GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS, MOST ABUNDANT IN SHOOTS WITHIN FOUR ROUGHLY PARALLEL VEINS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AT EAST AND WEST END OF PROPERTY, THERE IS A LARGE BODY OF LIMESTONE, SEPERATED BY 5000 FT IN WHICH THE CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE, RHYOLITE AND GRANITE OCCUR.
Comment (Workings): ADITS 1,100 , 550 AND 600 FT. LONG. SHAFTS 150 , 100 AND 50 FT. DEEP. 1952 ; 100 FT. OF DRIFTING FROM MAIN SHAFT DEVELOPED A 4 - FT. VEIN ASSAYING, 2 OZ AG, 2.60 % PB, 3.64 % ZN, 0.10 % CU AND 0.82 % WO3.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV OF MINES, P. 664
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 67 - 68 .
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 664
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