The Gladiator is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,959 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: 6,959 Feet (2,121 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.2331, -112.33250
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Gladiator MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gladiator
Secondary: Patented Claims M S 1645 and 1223
Secondary: Rattlesnake Shaft
Secondary: War Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: New Westwin Ventures Inc.
Info Year: 1997
Owner Name: Bennett Et Al, A. N.
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 10-31: A DRILLING PROGRAM CONTINUES ON THE PROPERTY AND CONFIRMS THE PROPERTY AS A HIGH GRADE VEIN STRUCTURE. THE RESULTS INDICATE A CONSISTENT MINERALIZATION ZONE THAT IS OPEN TO THE NORTH AND TO DEPTH.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): FEASIBILITY STUDIES CARRIED OUT IN 1983-4 CONFIRMED PROVEN AND PROBABLE RESERVES OF 81,138 TONS OF 0.58 OZ GOLD PER TON AND 3.72 OZ SILVER PER TON. IN 1985, AN UNDERGROUND SAMPLING PROGRAM INCREASED THESE PROVEN RESERVES BY 30,000 TONS TO 100,000 TONS (NEW WESTMIN VENTURES INC. PRESS RELEASE, 11-96)
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL JULY 1918 P 26
Reference (Deposit): "NEW WESTWIN VENTURES INC. DRILL RESULT." FROM NEWSMINE,
Reference (Deposit): 10-31-96.
Reference (Deposit): CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SESWSW OF SEC 2 NW AND NWNWNE OF SEC.11,
Reference (Deposit): AND E2SENE OF SEC.10
Reference (Deposit): USGS CROWN KING QUAD
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINING DIST SHEET 210
Reference (Deposit): ADMR GLADIATOR MINE FILE
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