Old Glory Mine group, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Old Glory Mine group | - not defined - |
| Ruby | - not defined - |
| Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District) | Mining District |
| Oro Blanco Mountains | Mountain Range |
| Santa Cruz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 26' 7'' North , 111° 15' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Arivaca | 695 (2011) | 17.1km |
| Tumacacori-Carmen | 393 (2015) | 25.4km |
| Rio Rico | 18,962 (2011) | 26.8km |
| Aduana del Sásabe | 1,295 (2018) | 27.8km |
| Tubac | 1,191 (2011) | 28.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
34060
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:34060:0
GUID (UUID V4):
d3a73443-76fa-4aa8-a420-487a1f9c5130
Ref.: Wilson, E.D., Cunningham, J.B., and Butler, G.M. (1934), Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining (revised 1967), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 137: 189-190.
Knight, L.H., Jr. (1970) Structure and mineralization of the Oro Blanco mining district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 172 p., 7 sheets, scales 1:1,200, 1:6,000, 1:16,000, 1:24,000, 1:60,000, 1:62,500, and 1:358,000.
Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 65 (Table 4).
Santa cruz County Recorder's Records.
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10161642, MRDS ID #M050246, MAS ID #0040230071.
A former underground Au-Ag-Pb-Cu-Zn mine located in South-central (SW¼SE¼) sec. 7, T.23S., R.11E., near Ruby, on National Forest land. Owned/operated at times, or in part, by the Arizona Gold Mining & Milling Co.; the Arizona Ophir Mining Co.; Foote; and, Pesano. Mr. Warren Cuibertson had unspecified involvement here (1976). Anaconda had unspecified involvement here (1976).
Mineralization is flat-dipping, siliceous bed having a quartz core bordered by zones of quartz veinlets and abundant pyrite containing sparse base metal sulfides. Oxidation and supergene enrichment has produced high-grade gold and silver values in iron oxide. Chalcanthite has been found.
Workings are shallow adit and open cut workings. Prospected and worked sporadically since the 1880's. Production would be some 700 tons of ore averaging about 0.4 oz. Au/T, 1 oz. Ag/T and minor Cu & Pb.
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| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 | |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcanthite | 7.CB.20 | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Chalcanthite | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Chalcanthite | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcanthite | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcanthite | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10161642 |
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Localities in this Region
- Arizona
- Santa Cruz County
- Oro Blanco Mountains
- Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District)
- Oro Blanco Mountains
- Santa Cruz County
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