The Sadie Mine is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 31.73667, -109.81778
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Sadie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sadie Mine
Secondary: New Year Gift Mine
Secondary: Grenadier Group Mines
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Turquoise 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1919
Year Last Production: 1925
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 POCKETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): SURFACE WORKINGS.
Comment (Location): E CENTER SEC. 32. UTM EST.
Comment (Production): INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION 1919-1925.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED THOMAS COWEN
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALIZATION IN FAULTED AND FRACTURED LIMESTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 84.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 123, 1927
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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