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
Elevation: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Primary Mineral: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.41472, -110.79028
Old Dominion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Dominion MineSecondary: Old Dominion and United Globe
Secondary: Globe and Transit
Commodity
Primary: CopperSecondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Kaolin
Tertiary: Asbestos
Location
State: ArizonaCounty: Gila
District: Globe Hills District
Land Status
Land ownership: PrivateHoldings
Workings
Type: UndergroundOwnership
Owner Name: Cities Services Co.
Years: 1982 -
Years: 1982 -
Production
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
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 PlateausPhysiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Orebody
Form: IRREGULARStructure
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
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
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.
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
Analytical Data
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 Type: Production |
Comment: NO ALUNITE OR ACTINOLITE PRODUCTION. |
Comment Type: Development |
Comment: 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 Type: Development |
Comment: BENNET; NORMAN DEVEAUX, R. HENDERSON, METZEL, KILPATRICK |
Comment Type: Deposit |
Comment: ORE OCCURS ALONG FAULTS IN THE LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE AND DIABASE AND ALONG BEDDING PLANES BETWEEN THE QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE. |
Comment Type: Workings |
Comment: 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 Type: Deposit |
Comment: MAJOR MINE OF THE GLOBE DISTRICT, CLOSEST TO THE TOWN OF GLOBE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
Comment Type: Location |
Comment: 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 Category: Deposit
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Reference: RANSOME, F.L.,1903, GEOLOGY OF THE GLOBE COPPER DISTRICT, ARIZONA, USGS PP 12, P. 134-152.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: LAUSEN, CARL, 1923. GEOLOGY OF THE OLD DOMINION MINE. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA M.S. THESIS.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: GALBRAITH, FREDERIC W., 1947, MINERALS OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN NO. 153, P. 70.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
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Reference Category: Other Database
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Reference: CIMRI
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ADMR FILE DATA.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: TENNEY, J.B., HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-29, P. 72-82.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: PETERSON, N.P., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA, USGS PP 342, P. 98-103.
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