Iron Cap Mine

The Iron Cap Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,101 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: Iron Cap Mine
Secondary: Iron Cap and Williams Shafts

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium

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

Owner Name: Tenny, Carl
Years: 1959 -

Owner Name: Dale Fiscus
Years: 1963 -

Owner Name: Mc Intosh, H. P.
Years: 1959 -

Owner Name: Gentry, Howard
Years: 1959 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1963
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: R
Description: Ne Trending Faults, N-S Trending Faults, Diabase Sill At Base Of Dripping Springs Quartzite. Pinal Schist Also Underlies Quartzite In Places

Type: L
Description: Ne

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH ETERT, POST-DIABASE FAULTING AND INTRUSION PERIOD. ALTHOUGH ONLY OUTCROP OF ETERT SCHULTZE GRANITE IS AT OLD DOMINION MINE TO SW.

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR THE IRON CAP SHAFT; WILLIAMS SHAFT IS ABOUT 2000 FT NORTH EAST OF THE IRON CAP SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): CONSISTS OF IRON CAP AND BIRD GROUPS OF CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE IRON CAP MINING CO., NATIONAL MINING EXPLORATION CO. (1906) IRON CAP COPPER CO. (1910'S AND 1920'S); RALPH HENDERSON; LOUIS RACINE AND SHAPAN (1958); HOWARD GENTRY, H. P. MCINTOSH, AND CARL TENNY (1959); CHAS. IRELAND. THE MINE IS RUMORED TO HAVE SHIPPED URANIUM ORE TO THE CURIES IN FRANCE AROUND 1912

Comment (Workings): IRON CAP SHAFT WAS 1500 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 800, 920, 1020, 1120, 1220, 1320, 1420, 1500 FT; WILLIAMS SHAFT WAS 1200 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 660, 765, 868, 968, 1068 FT; SHAFT CONNECTED AT 1000 FT LEVEL BY 3800 FT OF DRIFT

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 342, P. 106-110

Reference (Deposit): AZ MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 1919, P. 42; MAY 1, 1922, P. 24-25

Reference (Deposit): NEALE, W. G., THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XVII, 1926, P. 285-287

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