The Saratoga Mine is a copper, lead, silver, and gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.22083, -112.34639
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Saratoga Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Saratoga Mine
Secondary: Saratoga Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tiger District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Deming, J. L.
Owner Name: Saratoga Mining Co.
Years: 1925 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1925
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Regional Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks = N 20 E
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Regional Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): MILS LOCATION DATA SAYS SARATOGA IN 10N, 1W, 11SW. LINDGREN (1926) SHOWS IT TO ADJOIN CROWN KING CLAIM AT CROWN KING MINE. THEREFORE SARATOGA PROBABLY IN SEC 10, NOT SEC 11. UTM APPROXIMATE
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Geology): SARATOGA VEIN IS APPARENTLY THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THE CROWN KING VEIN. THE VEIN IS DEVELOPED IN BOTH GRANODIORITE AND PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS
Comment (Deposit): 5 PATENTED. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 782, P. 164-165
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): AZ. DEPT. OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
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