Gladstone-Mccabe Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Iron, Silica, Arsenic, Antimony, Sulfur
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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109018
MRDS ID M002412
Record type Site
Current site name Gladstone-Mccabe Mine
Alternate or previous names Mccabe-Gladstone Mine, Includes Mccabe, Gladstone, Gladstone Westerly Extension, Monopolist,, And Sink To Rise Claims
Related records 10283229

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29074, 34.47894 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1.4 MILES NW OF POLAND JUNCTION, ARIZONA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 001E 30 NE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1988)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ANALYSIS OF SHIPPING ORE AND CONCENTRATES ( 1926 ): 31.4 % SILICA, 2.0 % CU, 2.1 % PB, 4.7 % ZN, 24.6 % FE, 1.6 OZ AU/TON, 10.2 OZ. AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Spud Mountain Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.29074, 34.47894

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambiran Rocks Trends N25e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation For Most Part

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 54 E
    Dip 79 SE
    Plunge direction W
    Length 152.4M
    Width 1.07M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1885
Production years LATE 1800'S TO 1913; 1934-1937; 1988-1989

Mining district

District name Ticonderoga District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Stan West Mining Corp. And Santa Fe Mining Joint Venture Scottsdale, Ariz.); Stan West
    First year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Elders Resource Finance
    Home office Australia
    First year 1989

Comments on the production information

  • THIRD FIGURE IN CUMULATIVE TABLE ASSUMES IS $2,200,000 AT $20.67 PER OUNCE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type Tailings
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.016 g/mt Gold Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 340000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.882 g/mt Gold Major 1987
    Silver Ag 56.471 g/mt Silver Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 164000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.317 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.374 g/mt Gold Major 1989
    Silver Ag 48.847 g/mt Silver Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OPERATION CURRENTLY HAS A 2 YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6096M
    Overall depth 502.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1,000 FT OF DRIFTING AT THE 1,055 FT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • MCCABE PROPERTY COVERS 797 ACRES, COMPRISING 13 PATENTED AND 52 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. EXPLORATION UNDER JOINT VENTURE INCLUDED DEEPENING OF THE SOONER SHAFT AND EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND DIAMOND DRILLING. ; ECON.COM: STAN WEST MINING CORPORATION SPENT $35 MILLION ON EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO BRING THE MINE BACK INTO PRODUCTION IN 1988. 170-MEMBER WORKFORCE. ; MILL.CAP : 500 T/D

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 130.

  • Deposit

    GUITERAS, J.R., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK CANYON AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6905, P. 46.

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 101.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 308, P. 171-172.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 36-37.

  • Deposit

    WALENGA, KAREN, 1989, GOLD AND SILVER ARE THERE - BUT ARE TOUGH TO GET; SHORTAGE OF SKILLED NARROW-VEIN MINERS COMPLICATE EFFORTS TO MINE 500 TPD: SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, JANUARY, 1989, P. 4A-6A.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, 1989, STAN WEST GIVES UP AT MCCABE MINE: NO. 604, P. 18A.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, W.L., 1988, MCCABE GOLD MINE SCHEDULED FOR PRODUCTION: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 57, NO. 11, P. 69-72.

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

    AZBM BULL. 140, P. 101; USGS BULL. 782, P. 130; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, 1987; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRAAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. FOUR NEW PARALLEL GOLD BEARING ZONES EXIST NEAR THE ORIGINAL MCCABE ZONE. ORE IN BANDED QUARTZ VEIN HOSTED BY META-ANDESITE AND TUFF.
Deposit MCCABE CLOSED IN THE SPRING OF 1989 BECAUSE OF OPERATING LOSSES, AND OWNERSHIP WAS BEING TRANSFERRED TO ELDERS RESOURCE FINANCE OF AUSTRALIA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-MAY-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-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

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