Stonewall Mine

The Stonewall Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 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: Stonewall Mine
Secondary: Old Stonewall
Secondary: Globe Dominion
Secondary: Clark Property

Commodity

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

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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1921
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, N-S Trending Faults, Diabase Sills. Troy Quartzite Strikes Ene And Dips 15 To 25 Se, Dips Variable Depending On Faulting

Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Faults, Diabase Sills. Shaft Goes From Martin Limestone, Through Fault To Troy Quartzite, Then Into Diabase At 335 Ft.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

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

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE COPPER AND SILVER ZONE MINES (W. R. MARTIN), GLOBE DOMINION COPPER CO. (H. W. CLARK) (1920'S), J. H. FAUGHT; 25 CLAIMS IN 1920

Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSIT IN FAULT FISSURES IN QUARTZITE OVER DIABASE SILL ORE IN BOTH DIABASE AND QUARTZITE. MAIN FISSURE IS N68E BUT INTERSECTING FISSURES ARE ALSO MINERALIZED

Comment (Location): ON SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF COPPER HILL ABOVE MCCORMICK WASH

Comment (Production): ANY PRODUCTION AFTER 1921 WAS INCLUDED IN OLD DOMINION FIGURES IN ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Comment (Workings): 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT 855 FT DEEP WITH CROSS CUTS AT 500 FT LEVELS, CALLED CLARK AND FAUGH SHAFTS

References

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W. H., THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, 1920, P. 205-206

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 12, P. 154

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 342, P. 114-115

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPING FILES

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