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Old Glory Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103747
MRDS ID M050246
Record type Site
Current site name Old Glory Mine
Alternate or previous names Sargent, Esperanza, Blaine Ledge, Ophir, Arizona Ophir
Related records 10161642

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.2568, 31.43542 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES W. OF RUBY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartlett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic unit)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 023S 011E 07 SW OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcanthite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Strongly Oxidized- Only Some Pyrite Visible Qtz-Ser-Pyr

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS FROM HANGING WALL - AU=.240 OZ/TON
Result AG= 0.54 OZ /TON AND AU = 1.120 OZ TON
Result AG = 1.70 OZ/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Cobre Ridge Tuff;Sidewinder Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Cobre Ridge Tuff;Sidewinder Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.2568, 31.43542
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N30-60W
    Dip 0-30 NE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Uncertain - Fracture Control Suggested - No Evidence Of Brecciation Or Pre-Mineralization Faulting.

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 SMALL SIDEWINDER DIKES INTRUDED FAULTS WHICH OFFSET SILICIFIED ZONES - ONE INTRUDED PARALLEL TO MINERALIZED ZONE - ONE CUTS IT. ; GEOL.DESC: NW FAULTS OFFSET SILICIFIED ZONE, DISPLACED DOWN - DIP EXTENSION RESULTED IN PATCHES OF SILICIFIED - TUFF THAT CROP OUT NORTH OF MINE AND NEAR MARGARITA MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1884
Year of last production 1940
Production years D1-TOTAL ESTIMATE

Mining district

District name Oro Blanco District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATES 17,000 TONS MINED BUT NOT OVER 3/4'S MILLED - REMAINDER ON DUMP.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • H1-RESERVE ESTIMATE FROM PRIVATE REPORT IN 1900 - PROBABLY NOT A GOOD ESTIMATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 50000HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST WORK BY SURFACE STRIPPING AND SHALLOW OPEN PIT - DATA ABOVE FOR UNDERGROUND STOPE.

Comments on development

  • PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE W.R. RAMSDELL (1911), ARIZONA GOLD MINING AND MILLING CO., ARIZONA OPHIR MINING CO., FOOTE, PESANO ; ECON.COM: FLAT LYING CAP OF A LARGE HILL SO THAT EARLY WORK WAS DONE BY SURFACE STRIPPING & DOWN HILL HAULAGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    WILSON ET AL, 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES: ABM BULL. 137.

  • Deposit

    YEEND, WARREN, 1973.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 191, P. 64.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KNIGHT, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S
Deposit MASSIVE QUARTZ CORE 10-30 FEET THICK - BORDERED BY ZONES OF FLAT DIPPING QUARTZ VEINLETS - MOST WORK ON 4-2 FEET VEINLET ZONE ON HANGING WALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan R.) U.S. Geological Survey

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