| Deposit ID | 10048331 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M899912 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gladstone Mine Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Independence, Thessalia, Eureka, Arizona Claim, Ray, Gladstone-Proto Group, Proto Mine |
| Related records | 10186473 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.7515, 31.3982 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1631 |
| Relative position | 6 MILES EAST OF NOGALES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cumero Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 016E | 30 | CENTER OF W2 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE VALUES AVERAGED 8% CU, 3 OZ./ TON AG, 0.1 OZ./ AU, MINOR PB |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -110.7515, 31.3982 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposits Occur In Forms Of Subordinate Veins, Lenses, Stringers, And Seams In Fissures, Joints, Sheeting Planes, And Other Fractures In Quartz Monzonite And Diorite |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Diorite Forms Footwall And Quartz Monzonite Forms Hanging Wall Of Vein System; Mineralization Occurred Mainly In Diorite |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 8046.5M |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Depth to bottom | 48.77M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1888 |
| Discoverer | Antone Proto; Gladstone |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| Year of last production | 1951 |
| District name | Patagonia District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hanna Mining Co. |
| First year | 1966 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. W. Forsythe |
| First year | 1966 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M899912 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230198 |
USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA, GLADSTONE-PROTO MINE GROUP
ADMR FILE DATA, GLADSTONE (PROTO,INDEPENDENCE) MINE
USBM-FILE DATA, CLUSTER #22, GLADSTONE MINE GROUP
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA, GLADSTONE MINE
SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL. 582, P. 316
SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)
KEITH, STANTON B, 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLTEIN 191, P. 80
ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH
TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-1929, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 313
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: PROTO MINE GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | IRREGULAR VEIN-LIKE MINERALIZATION OF CHALCOPYRITE AND OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALS;AVERAGE VEIN WIDTH RANGES FROM 1-18 INCHES; 3 CONTINUOUS ORE BODIES ALSO LOCATED ON PROPERTY; 2 OF THE 3 ORE BODIES ARE 160 FT DEEP, 110 FT WIDE, AND AVERAGE 20 INCHES THICK OF 12% CU; GLADSTONE AND PROTO MINE GROUPS COVER CENTRAL 6000 FT OF 5-MILE LONG FISSURE SYSTEM, WITH KNOWN EXTENT FROM BUENA VISTA GROUP ON SOUTH TO MORNING GLORY MINE ON NORTH |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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