Gladiator Mine

The Gladiator Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 7,021 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

Name: Gladiator Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 7,021 Feet (2,140 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 34.23333, -112.33278

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Gladiator Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gladiator Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tiger District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: E. M. Moores, Davis, California, G. H. Moores, Goodyear, Arizona

Owner Name: Norquest Resources
Years: 1986 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1892
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Foliation Trends N15e

Type: L
Description: Foliation Trends N15e, Parallel To Many Veins


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1890'S

Comment (Deposit): NO PUBLISHED DESCRIPTIONS; MOST PROBABLY A VEIN DEPOSIT CUTTING PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; PROPERTY CONNECTED, VIA TUNNELS, TO WAR EAGLE MINE

Comment (Geology): GLADIATOR IS CRETACEOUS-PALEOCENE VEIN DEPOSIT THAT CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. NO IGNEOUS ROCKS OF CRET-PALEO AGE ARE PRESENT AT GLADIATOR ALTHOUGH THEY DO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE TIGER DISTRICT

Comment (Production): NORQUEST RESOURCES PRODUDING 100 ST/DAY IN 1986.

Comment (Development): MINE FIRST LOCATED IN EARLY 1890'S; FIRST RECORDED PRODUCTION IN 1917. PAST OPERATOR: E.M. MOORES, DAVIS, CALIFORNIA OR GLADIATOR MINING CO., (1951).


References

Reference (Deposit): AZ BUR MINES BULL. 137, P. 57-58.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 782, P. 169.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, 1987.


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