The Savage Mine is a gold, copper, lead, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.91833, -109.14500
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Savage Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Savage Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Savage Gold And Copper Co
Owner Name: Portal
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Volcanic And Intrusive Event Associated With District Mineralization
Type: L
Description: Faulted And Tilted Limestone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME 100 TONS OF ORE-PRODUCED DURING 1907 TO 1908 AND A SMALL AMOUNT IN 1949.
Comment (Development): 53 CLAIMS IN 1908
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN FAULTED AND TILTED LIMESTONE. FIVE ORE BODIES, 2 FT TO 36 FT IN WIDTH REPORTED IN 1908
Comment (Workings): 400 FT TUNNEL, 710 FT INCLINE, 50,65,100,64, AND 40 FT SHAFTS IN 1908, ESTIMATED LENGTH OF WORKINGS
Comment (Commodity): BASE METAL CARBONATES AND MINOR SULFIDES
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC 26, UTM EST
References
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 54.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213
Reference (Deposit): COPPER HANDBOOK, W.H. WEED, EDITOR, 1907, 1908
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