Superior and Boston Mine

The Superior and Boston Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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

Name: Superior and Boston Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Gila

Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 33.435, -110.75472

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Superior and Boston Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Superior and Boston Mine
Secondary: Black Oxide Mine
Secondary: Great Eastern Shaft


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese


Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1959
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

Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Faults Which Often Form Diabase/Prec Sediment Contacts, Sediments Strike Ne Dip 20-30 Se. Prec Dripping Springs Quartzite And Prec Basalt In General Area

Type: L
Description: E Extension Of Ne Trending North Vein, Nw Trending Mcgaw Fault Is Adjacent To Mine, West Of Mine. Fissure Vein Dips Steeply Nw


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): SOME MANGANESE ORE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN 19

Comment (Deposit): VEINS CROSSING THE PROPERTY INCLUDE THE BUCKEYE, GREAT EASTERN, FOOTWALL, RIGBY VEIN (HIGH SILVER CONTENT), NORTH VEIN, IRON KING, DEWEY; MAIN ORE SHOOT 6 TO 7 FT WIDE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE BLACK OXIDE ADIT (SOURCE OF EARLY PRODUCTION, 1054 FT) GARDNER SHAFT (435 FT), MCGRAW SHAFT (1400 FT), GREAT EASTERN SHAFT (444 FT), LIMESTONE SHAFT AND SUPERIOR AND BOSTON SHAFT.

Comment (Geology): BEST ORE IS FOUND WHERE MESCAL LIMESTONE FORMS THE HANGING WALL AND DRIPPING SPRINGS QUARTZITE FORMS THE FOOTWALL OF THE FAULT. DIABASE OVERLIES THESE FORMATIONS AT MINE. FOR DETAILS OF COMPLEX GEOLOGIC RELATIONS IN MINE AREA, SEE USGS PP 342, PLATE 1.

Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE SUPERIOR AND BOSTON SHAFT; THE BLACK OXIDE ADIT IS LOCATED ABOUT 0.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE SUPERIOR AND BOSTON SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY OWNED BY THE GLOBE AND ARIZONA DEVELOPMENT CO.; TAKEN OVER IN 1906 BY SUPERIOR AND BOSTON COPPER CO. WHICH RAN THE MINE UNTIL 1929; OTHER OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE BOB TEMPLE AND JOE MARTIN, BERT ROBY AND J. W. WALKER, FRED CAMDEN, EDWARD FOSTER, JOE GUCIENO, RAPHAEL LOPEZ, H. MEDLIN, HEWITT WOLFE, E. A BORGE (OWNER), RACINE, COPPER HILL MINING COMPANY; FORMED BY A GROUP OF 51 CLAIMS


References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, 1920, P. 227.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 342, 1962, P. 110-112.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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