Salvador Mine

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

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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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