Saratoga Mine

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

Name: Saratoga Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

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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