Glove Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10162159
MRDS ID D000342
MAS/MILS ID 0040230199
Record type Site
Current site name Glove Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Sheehy-O'Donnell Group, O. K., Rover, Festiago, Franklin, Blacksmith Adit, Zombie & Zero, Festingo-Franklin, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.
Related records 10101377

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.94678, 31.65983 (WGS84)
Elevation 1330
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hopkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020 S 014 E 30 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Mimetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Vanadinite Unknown
Wulfenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.94678, 31.65983

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 60S
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N60E:60S
    Date of Last Modification 910906

Comments on the geologic information

  • CERUSSITE IS ALSO PRESENT, AND THE GALENA IS ARGENTIFEROUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Year of first production 1911

Mining district

District name Tyndall

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arivaca Mining Corp.
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Colorado Fuel And Iron Corp.
    Year 1972

Production statistics

  • Year 1972
    Period 1911-1972
    Description 1911-72 29260 St Ore at 22%Pb,9%Zn,7 Oz/T Ag,0.3%Cu, +Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Trace Ore Silver Silver 198g/mt
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 9wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 22wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1975 AZBM BULL 191 P 85

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    F C SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P 185.

  • Deposit

    J W ANTHONY, 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE MONTOSA-COTTONWOOD CANYONS

  • Deposit

    AREA, UNIV OF ARIZ MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    H J OLSON, 1961, GEOL OF THE GLOVE MINE, U OF A MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    J M SEE, JR, 1964, ORIG AND DIST OF MOLY IN THE VICINITY OF

  • Deposit

    THE GLOVE MINE, U OF A MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    DEPT OF INT, 1951, SUNRISE MINING CO'S GLOVE LEAD-ZINC MINE,

  • Deposit

    DMA-2124.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-AUG-94 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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