The Salvador Mine is a silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,299 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: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 31.45333, -110.71472
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Salvador Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Salvador Mine
Secondary: San Salvador Mine
Secondary: Hermosa Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Marstellar, Grover ; Otto Herald And Associates
Years: 1938 -
Owner Name: L. R. Brown
Years: 1944 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1877
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw Trending American Fault
Type: L
Description: Salvador Vein Is Located Almost On Projected Course Of Hermosa Vein, But Is Separated From It By Zone Of Upfaulted Quartzite
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Block Containing Ores Is Highly Faulted, Brecciated, Silicified, And Kaolinized
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1941 VALUES AVERAGED 13.5% MN, 0.12% CU, 1.1% PB, 1.3% ZN, 1.9% FE, 67.4% SI, 10.7 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: EARLY 1900'S ASSAY VALUES AVERAGED 30 OZ/TON AG, 19% MN
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Braunite
Comments
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE BLOCK COVERS SURFACE AREA 900 FT LONG AND 200-300 FT WIDE, AND IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY VOLCANIC ROCKS; SMALL AMOUNTS OF MANGANESE MINERALS ARE FOUND IN LIMESTONE BUT PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS CROP OUT ALONG SW END OF LIMESTONE BLOCK; CRYPTOMELANE AND BRAUNITE ARE THE CHIEF HYPOGENE MINERALS
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: HERMOSEA MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): SILVER ORE MINED FROM VEIN LOCATED SEVERAL 100 FT EAST OF SALVADOR MANGANESE DEPOSIT. LIMESTONE BEDDINE PLANES CONTAINING ORE BODIES STRIKE W AND DIP ABOUT 35N ORE BODIES RANGE FROM SMALL HIGH-GRADE BUNCHES TO AVERAGE-GRADE MASSES A FEW TENS OF FT IN LENGTH AND SEVERAL FT IN WIDTH.
Comment (Location): 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF HARDSHELL MINE; 1/4 MILE NE OF BLACK EAGLE MINE. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41? (1979)
Comment (Production): MANGANESE ORE PRODUCTION IS NOT KNOWN FROM THIS DEPOSIT; A FEW SHIPMENTS OF HAND-SORTED MANGANESE ORE MAY HAVE BEEN MADE DURING WORLD WAR I
Comment (Development): OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED HERMOSA MINING CO. T. FARRELL, A.R. BYRD, L.R. BROWN, L. ROCHINE, MILLER; PROPERTY COMPRISES 1 PATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED A 200-FT TUNNEL; 50-FT SHAFT; VARIOUS DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND STOPES; 2 50-FT ADITS; SEVERAL SHALLOW OPEN-CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, SALVADOR MINE.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 275.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, STANTON B., INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 59.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, SALVADORE MINE.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, SALVADOR MINE-WORKINGS MAP.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH.
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND C.W. DELONG, 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 171-173.
Reference (Deposit): MOORES, RICHARD C., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 83.
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANKS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUDRADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).
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