Warrior Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Manganese
Sections on this page
  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 10046322
MRDS ID M241230
Record type Site
Current site name Warrior Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Warrior, Warrior Copper, Geneva Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.88458, 33.41397 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position S SIDE OF WEBSTER GULCH, 2 MILES ESE OF CAMELBACK MOUNTAIN, 100 M N OF INSPIRATION TOWNSITE, Center Of Ew Line Of Workings Assumed

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inspiration(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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 014E 24 CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • BASED ON LOCATION DESCRIPTIONS AND MAPS IN USGS PP 115 AND 342. USBM SECTION LOCATION IS INCORRECT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.88458, 33.41397

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Along Black Warrior Fault Zone - Ew Trending, Extending E To Miami Fault, With Minor N-S Trending Offsetting Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pinal Schist To North Side Of Fault, White-Tail Conglomerate To South Fault Has No More Than 50 Ft Of Displacement

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, In Associated Breccia And In Hanging Wall Tuffaceous Whitetail Conglomerate

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH ETERT SCHULTZE GRANITE INTRUSIVES THROUGHOUT DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1919

Mining district

District name Miami-Inspiration District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION DATA INCLUDES GENEVA MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall length 762M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE TUNNELS IN E-W DIRECTION, THE LONGEST BEING OVER 100 FT. SHORTER LEVELS ARE AT 40 AND 80 FT ABOVE MAIN LEVEL AND 50 AND 130 FT BELOW MAIN LEVEL

Comments on development

  • INSPIRATION COPPER BOUGHT ALL HOLDINGS IN 1920. PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDED WARRIOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, SOUTHWESTERN LEASING AND DEVELOPMENT AND FISKE AND SNELL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENEVA MINE IS AT EAST END OF WORKINGS, NEAR INTERSECTION OF THE WARRIOR FAULT ZONE WITH THE MIAMI FAULT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit VARIOUS TABULAR DEPOSITS IN TUFFACEOUS CONGLOMERATE, AVERAGE WIDTHS FROM 15 TO 30 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.