The Gladstone Mine Group is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,351 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,351 Feet (1,631 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 31.39806, -110.75083
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Gladstone Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gladstone Mine Group
Secondary: Independence
Secondary: Thessalia
Secondary: Eureka
Secondary: Arizona Claim
Secondary: Ray
Secondary: Gladstone-Proto Group
Secondary: Proto Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Patagonia District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: J. W. Forsythe
Years: 1966 -
Owner Name: Hanna Mining Co.
Years: 1966 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1888
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposits Occur In Forms Of Subordinate Veins, Lenses, Stringers, And Seams In Fissures, Joints, Sheeting Planes, And Other Fractures In Quartz Monzonite And Diorite
Type: L
Description: Diorite Forms Footwall And Quartz Monzonite Forms Hanging Wall Of Vein System; Mineralization Occurred Mainly In Diorite
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Potassic Alteration; Granodiorite Is Highly Shattered, Sheeted, And Crushed
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 58.000000+-5.000000
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 58.000000+-5.000000
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE VALUES AVERAGED 8% CU, 3 OZ./ TON AG, 0.1 OZ./ AU, MINOR PB
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR VEIN-LIKE MINERALIZATION OF CHALCOPYRITE AND OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALS;AVERAGE VEIN WIDTH RANGES FROM 1-18 INCHES; 3 CONTINUOUS ORE BODIES ALSO LOCATED ON PROPERTY; 2 OF THE 3 ORE BODIES ARE 160 FT DEEP, 110 FT WIDE, AND AVERAGE 20 INCHES THICK OF 12% CU; GLADSTONE AND PROTO MINE GROUPS COVER CENTRAL 6000 FT OF 5-MILE LONG FISSURE SYSTEM, WITH KNOWN EXTENT FROM BUENA VISTA GROUP ON SOUTH TO MORNING GLORY MINE ON NORTH
Comment (Geology): ON ARIZONA CLAIM, SPOTTY PYROMETASOMATIC BASE METAL MINERALIZATION OCCURED ALONG CONTACT OF A NARROW, IRREGULAR BAND OF PENN-PERM. NACO LIMESTONE AND TERT. GRANODIORITE; ABOVE DESCRIBES GLADSTONE MINE
Comment (Location): 4.0 MILES NW OF WASHINGTON CAMP; NORTH SIDE OF PROVIDENCIA CANYON 1.0 MILE WESTOF FOUR METALS MINE; GROUP OF 3 PROSPECTS LOCATED ON USGS MAP; PROTO MINE LOCATED LESS THAN 1/4 MILE TO NE OF GLADSTONE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = NOGALES (1958) 1:625000
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION DATA INCLUDED IN GLADSTONE-PROTO MINE GROUP
Comment (Development): 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED SMITH AND FULTON (1926-1930), RAYMOND AND SULLIVAN, HOLLAND AND DRISCOLL, TODD AND J.N. MOON, W.W. TODD F.O. BOSTWICK, TODD AND BOSTWICK, HUGO MILLER, HANNA MINING CO. (1966), INDEPENDENT MINING AND MILLING CO., MICHELS, PROTO BROTHERS, R.C. BLABON; PROTO AND GLADSTONE PROPERTIES WERE MERGE D IN 1930, FORMING TOTAL OF 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): 1 TUNNEL INTO THE MOUNTAIN, ABOUT 300 FT LONG, ONE WINZE, NEAR END OF TUNNEL, 100 FT DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: PROTO MINE GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA, GLADSTONE-PROTO MINE GROUP
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, GLADSTONE (PROTO,INDEPENDENCE) MINE
Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA, CLUSTER #22, GLADSTONE MINE GROUP
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA, GLADSTONE MINE
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL. 582, P. 316
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, STANTON B, 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLTEIN 191, P. 80
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-1929, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 313
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