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Superior and Boston Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046303
MRDS ID M241205
Record type Site
Current site name Superior and Boston Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Oxide Mine, Great Eastern Shaft
Related records 10258525

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.75541, 33.43508 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MILES NNE OF THE BUCKEYE MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 015E 14 W2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE SUPERIOR AND BOSTON SHAFT; THE BLACK OXIDE ADIT IS LOCATED ABOUT 0.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE SUPERIOR AND BOSTON SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone;Dripping Springs Quartzite
    Rock description Mescal Limestone;Dripping Springs Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.75541, 33.43508
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Faults Which Often Form Diabase/Prec Sediment Contacts, Sediments Strike Ne Dip 20-30 Se. Prec Dripping Springs Quartzite And Prec Basalt In General Area
Type of structure Local
Structure description E Extension Of Ne Trending North Vein, Nw Trending Mcgaw Fault Is Adjacent To Mine, West Of Mine. Fissure Vein Dips Steeply Nw

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 70N
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Fault Zones, Where Cut By Unmineralized Nw Trending Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEST ORE IS FOUND WHERE MESCAL LIMESTONE FORMS THE HANGING WALL AND DRIPPING SPRINGS QUARTZITE FORMS THE FOOTWALL OF THE FAULT. DIABASE OVERLIES THESE FORMATIONS AT MINE. FOR DETAILS OF COMPLEX GEOLOGIC RELATIONS IN MINE AREA, SEE USGS PP 342, PLATE 1.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1959

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SOME MANGANESE ORE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN 19

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 10668M
    Overall depth 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE BLACK OXIDE ADIT (SOURCE OF EARLY PRODUCTION, 1054 FT) GARDNER SHAFT (435 FT), MCGRAW SHAFT (1400 FT), GREAT EASTERN SHAFT (444 FT), LIMESTONE SHAFT AND SUPERIOR AND BOSTON SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY OWNED BY THE GLOBE AND ARIZONA DEVELOPMENT CO.; TAKEN OVER IN 1906 BY SUPERIOR AND BOSTON COPPER CO. WHICH RAN THE MINE UNTIL 1929; OTHER OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE BOB TEMPLE AND JOE MARTIN, BERT ROBY AND J. W. WALKER, FRED CAMDEN, EDWARD FOSTER, JOE GUCIENO, RAPHAEL LOPEZ, H. MEDLIN, HEWITT WOLFE, E. A BORGE (OWNER), RACINE, COPPER HILL MINING COMPANY; FORMED BY A GROUP OF 51 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, 1920, P. 227.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 342, 1962, P. 110-112.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS CROSSING THE PROPERTY INCLUDE THE BUCKEYE, GREAT EASTERN, FOOTWALL, RIGBY VEIN (HIGH SILVER CONTENT), NORTH VEIN, IRON KING, DEWEY; MAIN ORE SHOOT 6 TO 7 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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