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Doughboy Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Silver, 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027464
MRDS ID M003150
Record type Site
Current site name Doughboy Mine
Related records 10233613

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79597, 33.43925 (WGS84)
Elevation 1173
Relative position 1 MI E OF CONFLUENCE OF IRENE GULCH & PINAL CREEK. ABOUT 2 MI N OF GLOBE

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)

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 015E 11,14 SE4 (11) OF NE4 (14) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • DOUGHBOY SHAFT LOCATED ON RIDGE IN SEC 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Descloizite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Dripping Spring Quartzite And Pioneer Formation Of Apache Group
    Rock description Dripping Spring Quartzite And Pioneer Formation Of Apache Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.79597, 33.43925
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault At Edge Of Dacite

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 50SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Vein In Diabase

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS OUTCROP SW OF SHAFT. MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH L CRET-TERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Globe-Miami Copper Sulphide Co.
    First year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wright, Sorensen, And Smith
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • ORE CONTAINING 2.5-7% CU WAS SHIPPED TO OLD DOMINION SMELTER BUT C ONTAINED TOO MUCH ZINC FOR ECONOMICAL TREATMENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 293.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SUNK ABOUT 1901; 2 EXPLORATORY DRILL HOLES. SHAFT RETIMBERE D TO 350 FT IN 1951. 200 FT SHAFT PUT DOWN IN 1951 ON A MANGANESE VEIN

Comments on development

  • DOUGHBOY GROUP CONSISTS OF 12 CLAIMS! CAMERON, EXCHANGE, BALTIC, IDA MAY, LITTLE BEAUTY, NELLIE M., JUDGE, SUNSHINE, ACRE, DUNKIRK, KEN TUCKY. OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE! ARIZONA COLORADO COPPER BELT GOLD MINING & MILLING CO (1901-1913), DOUGHBOY COPPER CO (GEORGE THAYER) ( 1924), ANTON TROJANOVICH (1938), COMSTOCK EXTENSION MINING CO (ANTON T ROJANOVICH) (1951) WHICH ALSO OWNED ADJACENT IRENE GROUP. THE DUNKIRK AND KENTUCKY CLAIMS WERE OPERATED SEPARATELY IN 1950'S AS THE AMERICAN MANGANESE OF NEW DOUGHBOY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, 1962, USGS PP 342, P. 128

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    PETERSON, 1962, P. 128

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M003150 WITH RE CORD M030445 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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