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Gladiator Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048076
MRDS ID M800051
Record type Site
Current site name Gladiator Mine
Related records 10210363

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33352, 34.23338 (WGS84)
Elevation 2140
Relative position 1.6 MILES NORTH OF CROWN KING, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown King(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 001W 02 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33352, 34.23338
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation Trends N15e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Trends N15e, Parallel To Many Veins

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20E
    Dip 70 TO 85 AVERAGE W
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • 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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1892
Year of first production 1917
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Tiger District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Norquest Resources
    First year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. M. Moores, Davis, California, G. H. Moores, Goodyear, Arizona

Comments on the production information

  • NORQUEST RESOURCES PRODUDING 100 ST/DAY IN 1986.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 54000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 98.824 g/mt Silver Major 1986
    Gold Au 11.294 g/mt Gold Major 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.035HA
    Length 1371.6M
    Overall depth 216.41M
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on 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).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ BUR MINES BULL. 137, P. 57-58.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 782, P. 169.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO PUBLISHED DESCRIPTIONS; MOST PROBABLY A VEIN DEPOSIT CUTTING PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; PROPERTY CONNECTED, VIA TUNNELS, TO WAR EAGLE MINE
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusNew Mine since 12/10/2025
MSHA mine ID0203532
Mine name (MSHA)Gladiator Mine
Current operatorGladiator Gold Mines Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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