The Warrior Mine is a copper 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
Lat, Long: 33.41389, -110.88389
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Warrior Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Warrior Mine
Secondary: Black Warrior
Secondary: Warrior Copper
Secondary: Geneva Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Miami-Inspiration 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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1919
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Along Black Warrior Fault Zone - Ew Trending, Extending E To Miami Fault, With Minor N-S Trending Offsetting Faults
Type: L
Description: Pinal Schist To North Side Of Fault, White-Tail Conglomerate To South Fault Has No More Than 50 Ft Of Displacement
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VARIOUS TABULAR DEPOSITS IN TUFFACEOUS CONGLOMERATE, AVERAGE WIDTHS FROM 15 TO 30 FT.
Comment (Location): BASED ON LOCATION DESCRIPTIONS AND MAPS IN USGS PP 115 AND 342. USBM SECTION LOCATION IS INCORRECT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION DATA INCLUDES GENEVA MINE
Comment (Development): INSPIRATION COPPER BOUGHT ALL HOLDINGS IN 1920. PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDED WARRIOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, SOUTHWESTERN LEASING AND DEVELOPMENT AND FISKE AND SNELL
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE TUNNELS IN E-W DIRECTION, THE LONGEST BEING OVER 100 FT. SHORTER LEVELS ARE AT 40 AND 80 FT ABOVE MAIN LEVEL AND 50 AND 130 FT BELOW MAIN LEVEL
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH ETERT SCHULTZE GRANITE INTRUSIVES THROUGHOUT DISTRICT
Comment (Deposit): GENEVA MINE IS AT EAST END OF WORKINGS, NEAR INTERSECTION OF THE WARRIOR FAULT ZONE WITH THE MIAMI FAULT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 115, 1919.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 342, 1962, P135-137 AND PLATE I
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 12, 1903, P 155-156
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