The Superior and Boston Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.435, -110.75472
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Superior and Boston Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Superior and Boston Mine
Secondary: Black Oxide Mine
Secondary: Great Eastern Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1959
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Faults Which Often Form Diabase/Prec Sediment Contacts, Sediments Strike Ne Dip 20-30 Se. Prec Dripping Springs Quartzite And Prec Basalt In General Area
Type: L
Description: E Extension Of Ne Trending North Vein, Nw Trending Mcgaw Fault Is Adjacent To Mine, West Of Mine. Fissure Vein Dips Steeply Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME MANGANESE ORE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN 19
Comment (Deposit): VEINS CROSSING THE PROPERTY INCLUDE THE BUCKEYE, GREAT EASTERN, FOOTWALL, RIGBY VEIN (HIGH SILVER CONTENT), NORTH VEIN, IRON KING, DEWEY; MAIN ORE SHOOT 6 TO 7 FT WIDE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE BLACK OXIDE ADIT (SOURCE OF EARLY PRODUCTION, 1054 FT) GARDNER SHAFT (435 FT), MCGRAW SHAFT (1400 FT), GREAT EASTERN SHAFT (444 FT), LIMESTONE SHAFT AND SUPERIOR AND BOSTON SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): BEST ORE IS FOUND WHERE MESCAL LIMESTONE FORMS THE HANGING WALL AND DRIPPING SPRINGS QUARTZITE FORMS THE FOOTWALL OF THE FAULT. DIABASE OVERLIES THESE FORMATIONS AT MINE. FOR DETAILS OF COMPLEX GEOLOGIC RELATIONS IN MINE AREA, SEE USGS PP 342, PLATE 1.
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE SUPERIOR AND BOSTON SHAFT; THE BLACK OXIDE ADIT IS LOCATED ABOUT 0.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE SUPERIOR AND BOSTON SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY OWNED BY THE GLOBE AND ARIZONA DEVELOPMENT CO.; TAKEN OVER IN 1906 BY SUPERIOR AND BOSTON COPPER CO. WHICH RAN THE MINE UNTIL 1929; OTHER OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE BOB TEMPLE AND JOE MARTIN, BERT ROBY AND J. W. WALKER, FRED CAMDEN, EDWARD FOSTER, JOE GUCIENO, RAPHAEL LOPEZ, H. MEDLIN, HEWITT WOLFE, E. A BORGE (OWNER), RACINE, COPPER HILL MINING COMPANY; FORMED BY A GROUP OF 51 CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, 1920, P. 227.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 342, 1962, P. 110-112.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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