The Gladiator Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 7,021 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: 7,021 Feet (2,140 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.23333, -112.33278
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Gladiator Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gladiator Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tiger District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. M. Moores, Davis, California, G. H. Moores, Goodyear, Arizona
Owner Name: Norquest Resources
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1892
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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 Trends N15e
Type: L
Description: Foliation Trends N15e, Parallel To Many Veins
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1890'S
Comment (Deposit): NO PUBLISHED DESCRIPTIONS; MOST PROBABLY A VEIN DEPOSIT CUTTING PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; PROPERTY CONNECTED, VIA TUNNELS, TO WAR EAGLE MINE
Comment (Geology): GLADIATOR IS CRETACEOUS-PALEOCENE VEIN DEPOSIT THAT CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. NO IGNEOUS ROCKS OF CRET-PALEO AGE ARE PRESENT AT GLADIATOR ALTHOUGH THEY DO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE TIGER DISTRICT
Comment (Production): NORQUEST RESOURCES PRODUDING 100 ST/DAY IN 1986.
Comment (Development): MINE FIRST LOCATED IN EARLY 1890'S; FIRST RECORDED PRODUCTION IN 1917. PAST OPERATOR: E.M. MOORES, DAVIS, CALIFORNIA OR GLADIATOR MINING CO., (1951).
References
Reference (Deposit): AZ BUR MINES BULL. 137, P. 57-58.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 782, P. 169.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.
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
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, 1987.
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