Stonewall Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Manganese, Vanadium
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 10046320
MRDS ID M241227
Record type Site
Current site name Stonewall Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Stonewall, Globe Dominion, Clark Property
Related records 10210027

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.76652, 33.41786 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position ABOUT 1.3 MILES DUE SOUTH OF BLACK PEAK

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 22 NE OF SE OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF COPPER HILL ABOVE MCCORMICK WASH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Troy Quartzite;Martin Limestone
    Rock description Troy Quartzite;Martin Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.76652, 33.41786

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Faults, N-S Trending Faults, Diabase Sills. Troy Quartzite Strikes Ene And Dips 15 To 25 Se, Dips Variable Depending On Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Faults, Diabase Sills. Shaft Goes From Martin Limestone, Through Fault To Troy Quartzite, Then Into Diabase At 335 Ft.

Ore body information

  • Strike N68E
    Dip 55NW TO VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH ETERT, POST-DIABASE INTRUSION PERIOD, ALTHOUGH NEAREST OUTCROP OF ETERT SCHULTZE GRANITE IS AT OLD DOMINION MINE TO W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1921

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ANY PRODUCTION AFTER 1921 WAS INCLUDED IN OLD DOMINION FIGURES IN ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 260.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT 855 FT DEEP WITH CROSS CUTS AT 500 FT LEVELS, CALLED CLARK AND FAUGH SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE COPPER AND SILVER ZONE MINES (W. R. MARTIN), GLOBE DOMINION COPPER CO. (H. W. CLARK) (1920'S), J. H. FAUGHT; 25 CLAIMS IN 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPING FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 12, P. 154

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 342, P. 114-115

  • Deposit

    WEED, W. H., THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, 1920, P. 205-206

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE DEPOSIT IN FAULT FISSURES IN QUARTZITE OVER DIABASE SILL ORE IN BOTH DIABASE AND QUARTZITE. MAIN FISSURE IS N68E BUT INTERSECTING FISSURES ARE ALSO MINERALIZED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Roth, Frances A. (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

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