Old Dominion Mine

The Old Dominion Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,701 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

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.

Site Name

Primary: Old Dominion Mine
Secondary: Old Dominion and United Globe
Secondary: Globe and Transit

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Kaolin
Tertiary: Asbestos

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: Cities Services Co.
Years: 1982 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1874
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: N And W Of Mine Is A Complex Network Of Ne And N-S Faults In Precambrian Diabase And Lower Paleozoic Sediments

Type: L
Description: Two Small Parallel Nw Trending Faults, One Intersects With Ne Trending Fault Near A Shaft Tert Dacite Overlies Deposit To Northwest

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: In The Central Vein Where Limestone Was Most Completely Replaced By Hypogene Sulfides, And Gangue Minerals, Downward Migration Of Copper Continued As Long As Pyrite Remained In Vein. When All Pyrite Had Been Either Oxidized Or Replaced, Further Oxidation A Lterro The Chalcocite To Copper Carbinates And Oxides In The Oxidation Zone.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Alunite
Ore: Actinolite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Halloysite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Production): NO ALUNITE OR ACTINOLITE PRODUCTION.

Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY WORKED BY THE LONG ISLAND CO. AND BUFFALO MINING AND SMELTING CO.; (BUFFALO MINING AND SMELTING CO. INCLUDED IN ADDITION TO THOSE WORKINGS WHICH BECAME PART OF THE OLD DOMINION MINE) THE BUFFALO MINE, WHICH IS DESCRIBED UNDER A SEPARATE ENTRY; IN 1883, THE OLD DOMINION COPPER MINING COMPANY ABANDONED THE AREA IT HAD BEEN MINING (THE ORIGINAL OLD DOMINION OR KEYSTONE MINE) AND TOOK OVER THE HOLDINGS OF THE LONG ISLAND COPPER CO.; IN 1891, PHELPS DODGE BOUGHT THE BUFFALO MINING AND SMELTING CO. AND RENAMED IT THE UNITED GLOBE MINING CO.; IN 1895 THE OLD DOMINION COPPER MINING CO. WAS SOLD AND REORGANIZED AS THE OLD DOMINION COPPER MINING AND SMELTING CO.; IN 1903 THE OLD DOMINION AND UNITED GLOBE WERE COMBINED AS THE OLD DOMINION COMPANY CONTROLLED BY PHELPS DODGE; IN 1931, THE MINE WAS BOUGHT BY MIAMI COPPER COMPANY; NOW PART OF CITIES SERVICE CO.; CENTRAL CLAIMS ARE THE GLOBE AND TRANSIT; PAST LEASEES AND OPERATORS OF THE MINE INCLUDE GEORGE HANSEN, HERON AND GRIBBLE, F.A.

Comment (Development): BENNET; NORMAN DEVEAUX, R. HENDERSON, METZEL, KILPATRICK

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS ALONG FAULTS IN THE LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE AND DIABASE AND ALONG BEDDING PLANES BETWEEN THE QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE.

Comment (Workings): LENGTH OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED FROM PETERSON, USGS PP 342, PLATE 3; SHAFTS INCLUDE THE OLD DOMINION A SHAFT, B SHAFT, C SHAFT, INTERLOPER, KINGDOM, GLOBE, HOOSIER, GREY, AND CUPRITE

Comment (Deposit): MAJOR MINE OF THE GLOBE DISTRICT, CLOSEST TO THE TOWN OF GLOBE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): MINE EXTENDS DIAGONALLY ACROSS SECTION 24, FOLLOWING ALICE GULCH AND THEN CONTINUING NORTH EAST ALONG COPPER GULCH; CLAIMS COVER ENTIRE SECTION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

References

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L.,1903, GEOLOGY OF THE GLOBE COPPER DISTRICT, ARIZONA, USGS PP 12, P. 134-152.

Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, CARL, 1923. GEOLOGY OF THE OLD DOMINION MINE. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA M.S. THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): GALBRAITH, FREDERIC W., 1947, MINERALS OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN NO. 153, P. 70.

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, J.B., HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-29, P. 72-82.

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N.P., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA, USGS PP 342, P. 98-103.

Arizona Gold

"Where to Find Gold in Arizona" looks at the density of modern placer mining claims along with historical gold mining locations and mining district descriptions to determine areas of high gold discovery potential in Arizona. Read more: Where to Find Gold in Arizona.