The Gladstone-Mccabe Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.47889, -112.29000
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Mine Description
The McCabe-Gladstone property of eight claims is a short distance south of McCabe, on Galena Gulch.
During the early seventies, this deposit yielded considerable amounts of rich oxidized ore. The property then remained practically idle for many years. It was worked continuously from 1898 to 1913 by the Ideal Leasing Company, with a reported production of $2,500,000 to $3,000,000. The mine was again idle from 19123-1933 but early in 1934 was reopened and unwatered by Fields and associates. In June, 1934, mine ore, mixed with old gob and dump material, was being treated in a 200-ton flotation mill.
The mine is developed by two shafts, 800 feet apart and 900 to 1,100 feet deep, together with several miles of workings. A longitudinal section of the mine is given in U. S. Geol. Survey Bulletin 782.
Here, amphibolitic Schist is intruded by dikes of rhyolite-porphyry and, a short distance farther southwest, by a stock of quartz diorite.
The vein strikes N. E. and dips 79° SE., but, between the two shafts, a 20-foot dike of rhyolite-porphyry apparently deflects the strike southward. The Vein averages about 3 1/2 feet wide. Stoping has followed five ore shoots, each 200 to 500 feet long. At least two of them appear to extend to the 1,100-foot-level. They pitch steeply westward and average somewhat less than a foot in thickness.
The ore consists of quartz together with considerable amounts of pyrite and arsenopyrite and a little sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite. The following analysis of the shipping' ore and the concentrates is given: Silica, 31.4 per cent; copper, 2.0 per cent; lead, 2.1 per Cent; zinc, 4.7 per cent; iron, 24.6 per cent; arsenic, 3.9 per cent; antimony, 1.0 per cent; sulphur, 20.4 per cent; gold, 1.6 ounces per ton; silver, 10.2 ounces per ton.
Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967
Gladstone-Mccabe Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gladstone-Mccabe Mine
Secondary: Mccabe-Gladstone Mine
Secondary: Includes Mccabe, Gladstone, Gladstone Westerly Extension, Monopolist,
Secondary: And Sink To Rise Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Sulfur
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Ticonderoga 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: Elders Resource Finance
Home Office: Australia
Years: 1989 -
Owner Name: Stan West Mining Corp. And Santa Fe Mining Joint Venture Scottsdale, Ariz.); Stan West
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
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 In Precambiran Rocks Trends N25e
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Foliation For Most Part
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE ANALYSIS OF SHIPPING ORE AND CONCENTRATES ( 1926 ): 31.4 % SILICA, 2.0 % CU, 2.1 % PB, 4.7 % ZN, 24.6 % FE, 1.6 OZ AU/TON, 10.2 OZ. AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1988)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): OPERATION CURRENTLY HAS A 2 YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY.
Comment (Deposit): MCCABE CLOSED IN THE SPRING OF 1989 BECAUSE OF OPERATING LOSSES, AND OWNERSHIP WAS BEING TRANSFERRED TO ELDERS RESOURCE FINANCE OF AUSTRALIA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRAAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. FOUR NEW PARALLEL GOLD BEARING ZONES EXIST NEAR THE ORIGINAL MCCABE ZONE. ORE IN BANDED QUARTZ VEIN HOSTED BY META-ANDESITE AND TUFF.
Comment (Workings): 1,000 FT OF DRIFTING AT THE 1,055 FT LEVEL.
Comment (Development): MCCABE PROPERTY COVERS 797 ACRES, COMPRISING 13 PATENTED AND 52 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. EXPLORATION UNDER JOINT VENTURE INCLUDED DEEPENING OF THE SOONER SHAFT AND EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND DIAMOND DRILLING. ; ECON.COM: STAN WEST MINING CORPORATION SPENT $35 MILLION ON EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO BRING THE MINE BACK INTO PRODUCTION IN 1988. 170-MEMBER WORKFORCE. ; MILL.CAP : 500 T/D
Comment (Production): THIRD FIGURE IN CUMULATIVE TABLE ASSUMES IS $2,200,000 AT $20.67 PER OUNCE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, 1989, STAN WEST GIVES UP AT MCCABE MINE: NO. 604, P. 18A.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, W.L., 1988, MCCABE GOLD MINE SCHEDULED FOR PRODUCTION: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 57, NO. 11, P. 69-72.
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): AZBM BULL. 140, P. 101; USGS BULL. 782, P. 130; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, 1987; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
Reference (Deposit): GUITERAS, J.R., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK CANYON AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6905, P. 46.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 130.
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 101.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 308, P. 171-172.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 36-37.
Reference (Deposit): WALENGA, KAREN, 1989, GOLD AND SILVER ARE THERE - BUT ARE TOUGH TO GET; SHORTAGE OF SKILLED NARROW-VEIN MINERS COMPLICATE EFFORTS TO MINE 500 TPD: SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, JANUARY, 1989, P. 4A-6A.
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