Gloryana Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048070
MRDS ID M800044
Record type Site
Current site name Gloryana Mine
Alternate or previous names Gloriana, Valencia Mine, Valencienne
Related records 10137857

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15823, 34.15395 (WGS84)
Elevation 799
Relative position 3.3 MILES SOUTH OF BUMBLEBEE, ARIZONA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bumble Bee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N 002E 04 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bland Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Bland Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15823, 34.15395

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N-S

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1922
Year of last production 1971

Mining district

District name Richinbar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Copper Penny Mining (1986, Glendale, Ariz.)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Andrew Smith, A. H. Button
    First year 1971

Comments on development

  • DURING 1984-1986, SURFACE DRILLING PROJECT, MINED BULK SAMPLE FOR METALLURGICAL EVALUATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 156-157.

  • Deposit

    ABT - USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, S.E, 1956, UNPUB PH.D, UNIV OF UTAH, 150 PGS.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Deposit DEPOSIT IS VEIN OF QUARTZ AND PYRITE IN PROTEROZOIC BLAND QUARTZ DIORITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.