Mine detail: Salvador Mine

Previously called 'Hermosa GroupSan Salvador Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.45347, -110.71539

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Gold, Manganese, Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Braunite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1877

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1944

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Chief Conglomerate, Breccia Member
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Nw Trending American Fault, Salvador Vein Is Located Almost On Projected Course Of Hermosa Vein, But Is Separated From It By Zone Of Upfaulted Quartzite
Tectonic:	Corral Canyon Fault Block; Downthrow To Sw
Alteration processes:	Limestone Block Containing Ores Is Highly Faulted, Brecciated, Silicified, And Kaolinized

References

MRDS	M899920
DEP	10048336
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, SALVADOR MINE.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 275.}{Deposit:: KEITH, STANTON B., INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 59.}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH.}{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.}{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.}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANKS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUDRADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, SALVADORE MINE.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA, SALVADOR MINE-WORKINGS MAP.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J.