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Old Dominion Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Asbestos, Aluminum, Kaolin
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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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  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 10046353
MRDS ID M241482
Record type Site
Current site name Old Dominion Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Dominion and United Globe, Globe and Transit
Related records 10234296

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79097, 33.4148 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position AT THE SOUTHEASTERN BASE OF BUFFALO HILL

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 23;24 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MINE EXTENDS DIAGONALLY ACROSS SECTION 24, FOLLOWING ALICE GULCH AND THEN CONTINUING NORTH EAST ALONG COPPER GULCH; CLAIMS COVER ENTIRE SECTION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Asbestos Tertiary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Kaolin Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Ore
Alunite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wad Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Halloysite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) In The Central Vein Where Limestone Was Most Completely Replaced By Hypogene Sulfides, And Gangue Minerals, Downward Migration Of Copper Continued As Long As Pyrite Remained In Vein. When All Pyrite Had Been Either Oxidized Or Replaced, Further Oxidation A Lterro The Chalcocite To Copper Carbinates And Oxides In The Oxidation Zone.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Madera Diorite;Schultze Granite
    Rock description Madera Diorite;Schultze Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Troy Quartzite;Naco Limestone, Martin Limestone, Escabrosa Limestone;Mescal Limestone, Dripping Springs Quartzite
    Rock description Troy Quartzite;Naco Limestone, Martin Limestone, Escabrosa Limestone;Mescal Limestone, Dripping Springs Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.79097, 33.4148
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N And W Of Mine Is A Complex Network Of Ne And N-S Faults In Precambrian Diabase And Lower Paleozoic Sediments
Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Small Parallel Nw Trending Faults, One Intersects With Ne Trending Fault Near A Shaft Tert Dacite Overlies Deposit To Northwest

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 58 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 3352.8M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones Trending Ne And N-S, Bedding Planes Dipping Gently Ssw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1874
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cities Services Co.
    First year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • NO ALUNITE OR ACTINOLITE PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30480M
    Overall depth 1219.2M
    Overall length 3352.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED FROM PETERSON, USGS PP 342, PLATE 3; SHAFTS INCLUDE THE OLD DOMINION A SHAFT, B SHAFT, C SHAFT, INTERLOPER, KINGDOM, GLOBE, HOOSIER, GREY, AND CUPRITE

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED BY THE LONG ISLAND CO. AND BUFFALO MINING AND SMELTING CO.; (BUFFALO MINING AND SMELTING CO. INCLUDED IN ADDITION TO THOSE WORKINGS WHICH BECAME PART OF THE OLD DOMINION MINE) THE BUFFALO MINE, WHICH IS DESCRIBED UNDER A SEPARATE ENTRY; IN 1883, THE OLD DOMINION COPPER MINING COMPANY ABANDONED THE AREA IT HAD BEEN MINING (THE ORIGINAL OLD DOMINION OR KEYSTONE MINE) AND TOOK OVER THE HOLDINGS OF THE LONG ISLAND COPPER CO.; IN 1891, PHELPS DODGE BOUGHT THE BUFFALO MINING AND SMELTING CO. AND RENAMED IT THE UNITED GLOBE MINING CO.; IN 1895 THE OLD DOMINION COPPER MINING CO. WAS SOLD AND REORGANIZED AS THE OLD DOMINION COPPER MINING AND SMELTING CO.; IN 1903 THE OLD DOMINION AND UNITED GLOBE WERE COMBINED AS THE OLD DOMINION COMPANY CONTROLLED BY PHELPS DODGE; IN 1931, THE MINE WAS BOUGHT BY MIAMI COPPER COMPANY; NOW PART OF CITIES SERVICE CO.; CENTRAL CLAIMS ARE THE GLOBE AND TRANSIT; PAST LEASEES AND OPERATORS OF THE MINE INCLUDE GEORGE HANSEN, HERON AND GRIBBLE, F.A.
  • BENNET; NORMAN DEVEAUX, R. HENDERSON, METZEL, KILPATRICK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, J.B., HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-29, P. 72-82.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N.P., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA, USGS PP 342, P. 98-103.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L.,1903, GEOLOGY OF THE GLOBE COPPER DISTRICT, ARIZONA, USGS PP 12, P. 134-152.

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN, CARL, 1923. GEOLOGY OF THE OLD DOMINION MINE. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA M.S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    GALBRAITH, FREDERIC W., 1947, MINERALS OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN NO. 153, P. 70.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS ALONG FAULTS IN THE LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE AND DIABASE AND ALONG BEDDING PLANES BETWEEN THE QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE.
Deposit MAJOR MINE OF THE GLOBE DISTRICT, CLOSEST TO THE TOWN OF GLOBE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-OCT-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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