Old Glory Mine

The Old Glory Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 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: Old Glory Mine
Secondary: Sargent
Secondary: Esperanza
Secondary: Blaine Ledge
Secondary: Ophir
Secondary: Arizona Ophir

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Oro Blanco 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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1884
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1850
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: BLANKET

Structure

Type: R
Description: Block Faulting

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strongly Oxidized- Only Some Pyrite Visible Qtz-Ser-Pyr

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AG= 0.54 OZ /TON AND AU = 1.120 OZ TON
Analytical Data: ASSAYS FROM HANGING WALL - AU=.240 OZ/TON
Analytical Data: AG = 1.70 OZ/TON.

Materials

Ore: Chalcanthite

Comments

Comment (Production): ESTIMATES 17,000 TONS MINED BUT NOT OVER 3/4'S MILLED - REMAINDER ON DUMP.

Comment (Development): PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE W.R. RAMSDELL (1911), ARIZONA GOLD MINING AND MILLING CO., ARIZONA OPHIR MINING CO., FOOTE, PESANO ; ECON.COM: FLAT LYING CAP OF A LARGE HILL SO THAT EARLY WORK WAS DONE BY SURFACE STRIPPING & DOWN HILL HAULAGE.

Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE QUARTZ CORE 10-30 FEET THICK - BORDERED BY ZONES OF FLAT DIPPING QUARTZ VEINLETS - MOST WORK ON 4-2 FEET VEINLET ZONE ON HANGING WALL.

Comment (Workings): MOST WORK BY SURFACE STRIPPING AND SHALLOW OPEN PIT - DATA ABOVE FOR UNDERGROUND STOPE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): H1-RESERVE ESTIMATE FROM PRIVATE REPORT IN 1900 - PROBABLY NOT A GOOD ESTIMATE.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1800'S

Comment (Geology): 2 SMALL SIDEWINDER DIKES INTRUDED FAULTS WHICH OFFSET SILICIFIED ZONES - ONE INTRUDED PARALLEL TO MINERALIZED ZONE - ONE CUTS IT. ; GEOL.DESC: NW FAULTS OFFSET SILICIFIED ZONE, DISPLACED DOWN - DIP EXTENSION RESULTED IN PATCHES OF SILICIFIED - TUFF THAT CROP OUT NORTH OF MINE AND NEAR MARGARITA MINE

References

Reference (Deposit): KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON ET AL, 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES: ABM BULL. 137.

Reference (Deposit): YEEND, WARREN, 1973.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 191, P. 64.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): KNIGHT, 1970

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