Doughboy Mine

The Doughboy Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,848 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

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Site Name

Primary: Doughboy Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Globe-Miami Copper Sulphide Co.
Years: 1952 -

Owner Name: Wright, Sorensen, And Smith
Years: 1958 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault At Edge Of Dacite

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Descloizite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): DOUGHBOY SHAFT LOCATED ON RIDGE IN SEC 11

Comment (Production): ORE CONTAINING 2.5-7% CU WAS SHIPPED TO OLD DOMINION SMELTER BUT C ONTAINED TOO MUCH ZINC FOR ECONOMICAL TREATMENT

Comment (Development): DOUGHBOY GROUP CONSISTS OF 12 CLAIMS! CAMERON, EXCHANGE, BALTIC, IDA MAY, LITTLE BEAUTY, NELLIE M., JUDGE, SUNSHINE, ACRE, DUNKIRK, KEN TUCKY. OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE! ARIZONA COLORADO COPPER BELT GOLD MINING & MILLING CO (1901-1913), DOUGHBOY COPPER CO (GEORGE THAYER) ( 1924), ANTON TROJANOVICH (1938), COMSTOCK EXTENSION MINING CO (ANTON T ROJANOVICH) (1951) WHICH ALSO OWNED ADJACENT IRENE GROUP. THE DUNKIRK AND KENTUCKY CLAIMS WERE OPERATED SEPARATELY IN 1950'S AS THE AMERICAN MANGANESE OF NEW DOUGHBOY

Comment (Workings): SHAFT SUNK ABOUT 1901; 2 EXPLORATORY DRILL HOLES. SHAFT RETIMBERE D TO 350 FT IN 1951. 200 FT SHAFT PUT DOWN IN 1951 ON A MANGANESE VEIN

Comment (Geology): ORE MINERALS OUTCROP SW OF SHAFT. MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH L CRET-TERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M003150 WITH RE CORD M030445 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, 1962, USGS PP 342, P. 128

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Production): PETERSON, 1962, P. 128

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