Glove Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Manganese
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  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 10101377
MRDS ID D000342
Record type Site
Current site name Glove Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Sheehy-O'Donnel Mine, Rover Claim, Zombie & Zeco Claims, Blacksmith Adit, O.K. Mine, Festiago-Franklin
Related records 10162159

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.94707, 31.65985 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MI N OF COTTONWOOD CANYON; 6.5 MI SE OF MT WRIGHTSON.

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 020S 014E 30 CENTER OF SW4 OF SE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Mimetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue
Wad Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification, Sericitization, Kaolinization, Recrystallization O F Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Salero Formation;
    Rock description Salero Formation;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horguilla Limestone;
    Rock description Horguilla Limestone;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.94707, 31.65985

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Abundant Bedding Plane Faults; Major Faults N60-75w, Dip 60 Ne, N60e, Dip 60s, Glove Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeable Fault Zones, Brecciation At Fault Intersections, Contact Of Latite Porphyry & Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ MONZONITE IS CORRELATED WITH SQUAW GULCH GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer Dan J. Sheehy, Edward T. Sheehy, Jerry Sheehy, Pat J. Sheehy, And A. O'Donnell
Year of first production 1911
Year of last production 1976

Mining district

District name Tyndall District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colorado Fuel And Iron Steel Corp
    First year 1972

Production statistics

  • Year 1972
    Period 1911-1972
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7 Oz/T Ag, 22% Pb, 9% Zn, 0.3% Cu, Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 198g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 22wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 9wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 109.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 SHAFTS & ADIT OPERATIONS; 2 OLD 75' SHAFTS, 1 SHAFT 360 FT DEEP , 500 & 600 FT TUNNELS, 66 FT WINZE.

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE SUNRISE MINING CO (1951-59) SANTA CRUZ SI LVER-LEAD CO. (1917), ARIVACA MINING CORP (1965-67), COLORADO FUEL AND IRAN STEEL CORP, E.A. MEEK(1954), SHEEHY BROS(1911-16), E.J. SIKES (1 949), FESTIAGO (1928), HARPER (1942); 55 CLAIMS IN GROUP IN 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLSON, 1966, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 61, NO. 4, P. 731-743.

  • Deposit

    SEE, 1964, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.

  • Deposit

    DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 582, P. 185.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, GLOVE MINE GROUP.

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ, ABM, P. 319.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD D000342 WITH RE CORD M030408 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND QUARTZ WERE DEPOSITED IN PERMEABLE ZONES AT THE INTERSECTION OF A BEDDING PLANE FAULT AND FAVORABLE BEDS IN PENN-PERM NACO LIMESTONE. EXTENSIVE SOLUTION OF THE LIMESTONE AND DEEP OXIDATION CONCENTRATED CERUSSITE, ANGLESITE, WULFENITE, AND SMITHSONITE IN THE LEACHED CAVERNS AS SAND CARBONATE ORES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-82 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-95 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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