Gladstone

The Gladstone is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,069 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

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Site Name

Primary: Gladstone
Secondary: Mccabe
Secondary: Sink To Rise Claim
Secondary: Gladstone-Mccabe
Secondary: Patented Claims M S 1158,1159, 1160
Secondary: Mccabe-Gladstone
Secondary: Gladstone Claim
Secondary: Gladstone Westerly Extension Claim
Secondary: Monopolist Claim

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Big Bug 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

Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Magma Gold Ltd.
Company ID: 202063
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: 7400 N. Oracle Rd., Tucson, Az 85704
Info Year: 1992

Production

Year: 1988
Time Period: -1988
Description: Total Past Prod. Prior To 1988 800000 Tr Oz Ag
Year: 1988
Time Period: -1988
Description: Total Past Prod. Prior To 1988 80000 Tr Oz Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Shrinkage Methods - Overhand Shrinkage
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1991
Discovery Year: 1866
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

Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Ownership): "ANDESITE" IS ACTUALLY A META-ANDESITE BRECCIA, AND IS THE HOST ROCK FOR THE VEIN, WHICH IS BANDED QUARTZ. THE TUFF IS ALSO A HOST ROCK FOR THE VEIN. MAGMA GOLD LTD. IS A 100% WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF MAGMA COPPER COMPANY.

Comment (Geology): LENGTH IS AT LEAST 914 M (3000 FT), AND THICKNESS IS AT LEAST 244 M (800 FT). THE MCCABE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC SEQUENCE CONSISTING LARGELY OF ANDESITE, ANDESITIC TUFFS, AND THE SPUD MOUNTAIN BRECCIA. THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF 3 VEIN SYSTEMS OF WHICH THE 2 MAJOR VEINS STRIKE IN A N55-65(DEGREES)E & N35-40(DEGREES)E DIRECTION AND DIP 75-80 DEGREES SE. THE AVERAGE VEIN THICKNESS IS 1.22 M WITH A MINIMUM THICKNESS OF 1 METER. THE GOLD AND SILVER OCCUR IN THE COPPER & IRON SULFIDES AND IN THE QUARTZ-SERICITE BRECCIA. "ANDESITE" IS ACTUALLY A META-ANDESITE BRECCIA, AND IS THE HOST ROCK FOR THE VEIN, WHICH IS BANDED QUARTZ. THE TUFF IS ALSO A HOST ROCK FOR THE VEIN.

Comment (Economic Factors): THE MINE EMPLOYS A SHRINKAGE STOPE METHOD. THE MINE IS ACCESSED BY THE MAIN 6.7-M-DIAM. SHAFT (CALLED THE SOONER SHAFT). THE 503-M DEEP PRODUCTION-SERVICE SHAFT SERVICES 4 MAIN WORKING LEVELS: 833-FT, 1,050-FT, 1,250-FT, AND 1,450-FT LEVELS. THE 833-LEVEL IS BEING FULLY DEVELOPED BY CONTRACTOR. THE 3 UPPER LEVELS MUCK THE ORE USING EIMCO MODELS 12B & 22 LOADERS, AND THE LOWEST LEVEL (1,450-FT) USES A RUBBER-TIRE LHD.

References

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEET 19

Reference (Deposit): YAVAPAI MAGAZINE MAR 1918 P4-6 SHARLOT HALL MUSEUM PRESCOTT

Reference (Deposit): AZ

Reference (Deposit): ADMR GLADSTONE-MCCABE FILE

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON C A AND S C CREASY GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

Reference (Deposit): JEROME AREA USGS PP 308 1958 P 171

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN W ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AND BRADSHAW MTS QUADS

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782 P 130-132 1926

Reference (Deposit): EPLER, BILL. CENTURY-OLD GOLD PRODUCER GETS NEW LEASE ON

Reference (Deposit): LIFE. PAYDIRT MAGAZINE (SW EDITION), SEP 1991, PP. 4-10A.

Reference (Deposit): -----. MAGMA COPPER'S NEW GOLD UNIT TAKING ON THE MCCABE

Reference (Deposit): MINE. PAYDIRT MAGAZINE (SW EDITION), NOV 1990, P. 3A.

Reference (Deposit): JARMAN, MAX. STAN WEST MAKING DESPERATE BID TO RESURRECT

Reference (Deposit): THE MCCABE. PAYDIRT MAGAZINE (SW ED), AUG 1989, P. 4A.

Reference (Deposit): MAGMA COPPER 1990 ANNUAL REPORT. PP. 12, 20.

Reference (Deposit): WALENGA, KAREN. GOLD AND SILVER ARE THERE - BUT ARE TOUGH

Reference (Deposit): TO GET. PAYDIRT MAGAZINE (SW ED), JAN 1989, PP. 4-6A.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PAYDIRT MAGAZINE (SW EDITION). JANUARY 1989, P. 4A.

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