Old Dominion Mine

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

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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

Name: Old Dominion Mine

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Copper

Lat, Long: 33.41472, -110.79028

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Old Dominion Mine MRDS details

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

Holdings

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Cities Services Co.
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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

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

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	Reference: RANSOME, F.L.,1903, GEOLOGY OF THE GLOBE COPPER DISTRICT, ARIZONA, USGS PP 12, P. 134-152.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: LAUSEN, CARL, 1923. GEOLOGY OF THE OLD DOMINION MINE. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA M.S. THESIS.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: GALBRAITH, FREDERIC W., 1947, MINERALS OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN NO. 153, P. 70.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference Category: Other Database	Reference: CIMRI
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: TENNEY, J.B., HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-29, P. 72-82.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: PETERSON, N.P., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA, USGS PP 342, P. 98-103.