Glove Mine Group

The Glove Mine Group is a silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,301 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: Glove Mine Group
Secondary: Sheehy-O'Donnel Mine
Secondary: Rover Claim
Secondary: Zombie & Zeco Claims
Secondary: Blacksmith Adit
Secondary: O.K. Mine
Secondary: Festiago-Franklin

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Tyndall District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Colorado Fuel And Iron Steel Corp
Years: 1972 -

Production

Year: 1972
Time Period: 1911-1972
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7 Oz/T Ag, 22% Pb, 9% Zn, 0.3% Cu, Minor Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Year Last Production: 1976
Discovery Year: 1907
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Abundant Bedding Plane Faults; Major Faults N60-75w, Dip 60 Ne, N60e, Dip 60s, Glove Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification, Sericitization, Kaolinization, Recrystallization O F Limestone

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Mimetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Vanadinite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Wad
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND QUARTZ WERE DEPOSITED IN PERMEABLE ZONES AT THE INTERSECTION OF A BEDDING PLANE FAULT AND FAVORABLE BEDS IN PENN-PERM NACO LIMESTONE. EXTENSIVE SOLUTION OF THE LIMESTONE AND DEEP OXIDATION CONCENTRATED CERUSSITE, ANGLESITE, WULFENITE, AND SMITHSONITE IN THE LEACHED CAVERNS AS SAND CARBONATE ORES.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE SUNRISE MINING CO (1951-59) SANTA CRUZ SI LVER-LEAD CO. (1917), ARIVACA MINING CORP (1965-67), COLORADO FUEL AND IRAN STEEL CORP, E.A. MEEK(1954), SHEEHY BROS(1911-16), E.J. SIKES (1 949), FESTIAGO (1928), HARPER (1942); 55 CLAIMS IN GROUP IN 1957

Comment (Workings): 5 SHAFTS & ADIT OPERATIONS; 2 OLD 75' SHAFTS, 1 SHAFT 360 FT DEEP , 500 & 600 FT TUNNELS, 66 FT WINZE.

Comment (Geology): QUARTZ MONZONITE IS CORRELATED WITH SQUAW GULCH GRANITE.

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD D000342 WITH RE CORD M030408 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ, ABM, P. 319.

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, GLOVE MINE GROUP.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 582, P. 185.

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614.

Reference (Deposit): SEE, 1964, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, 1966, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 61, NO. 4, P. 731-743.

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