The Sacramento Mine is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.43694, -109.90111
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Sacramento Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sacramento Mine
Secondary: Bisbee
Secondary: Sacramento Hill mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Warren 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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp.
Info Year: 2010
Production
Year: 1920
Time Period: 1920-1929
Mined: 7500000.000 mt
Material type: mindat.org
Deposit
Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1931
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Cu
Model Name: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Structure: Pre-mineralization faulting and tilting common
Type: L
Structure: Main fault directions, N10W to N40E, S30W to N50W
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: gossan (Mn and Fe oxides) hytrothermal metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Description: brecciated and altered porphyry
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 170.500000+-7.500000
Age Young: Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Cuprodescloizite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): The Sacramento pit operated from 1917 to 1931. (GhostTownGallery.com) The lower grade Lavender pit consumed the Sacramento pit and operated through 1974. This agrees with Metals Economic Group report of no activity at either Sacramento or Lavender pits from 1989 through at least 2002.
Comment (Identification): ***** SEE Copper Queen- Deposit ID 10046248 Lavender Pit- Deposit ID 10046238 Cochise- Deposit ID 10282707
References
Reference (Geology): A succinct description of the ore geology was found at the Sacramento pit record of mindat.org on 7/20/2010. http://www.mindat.org/loc-6830.html
URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6830.html
Reference (Geology): Lowell, J.D. and Guilbert, J.M., 1970, Lateral and vertical alteration-mineralization zoning in porphyry ore deposits; Economic Geology, v. 65, p. 373-408.
Reference (Geology): Titley, S. R., 1993, Characteristics of porphyry copper occurrence in the American Southwest; in Kirkham, R.V., Sinclair, W.D., Thorpe, R.I. and Duke, J.M., Mineral Deposit Modeling, Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 40, p. 433-464.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 89.
Reference (Deposit): BONILLAS, 1917, AIME TRANS, V. 55, P. 284-355
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