The Gloryana Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,621 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: 2,621 Feet (799 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.15389, -112.15750
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Gloryana Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gloryana Mine
Secondary: Gloriana
Secondary: Valencia Mine
Secondary: Valencienne
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Richinbar District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Copper Penny Mining (1986, Glendale, Ariz.)
Owner Name: Andrew Smith, A. H. Button
Years: 1971 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1922
Year Last Production: 1971
Discovery Year: 1925
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N-S
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Development): DURING 1984-1986, SURFACE DRILLING PROJECT, MINED BULK SAMPLE FOR METALLURGICAL EVALUATION.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS VEIN OF QUARTZ AND PYRITE IN PROTEROZOIC BLAND QUARTZ DIORITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 156-157.
Reference (Deposit): ABT - USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, S.E, 1956, UNPUB PH.D, UNIV OF UTAH, 150 PGS.
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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