Glory Hole Mine (Arizona Northern Mine; Salome Strike Mine), Ellsworth Mining District, Granite Wash Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 49' 23'' North , 113° 45' 5'' West
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Quartzsite Roadrunners Gem & Mineral Club | Quartzsite, Arizona | 48km |
Mindat Locality ID:
33470
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33470:6
GUID (UUID V4):
ce95f6a0-ca9f-44bf-b434-d44948d1cf03
Ref.: Bancroft, H. (1911), Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma County, Arizona, USGS Bull. 451: 98, 102.
Keith, Stanton B. (1978) State of Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 192, Index of Mining Properties in Yuma County, Arizona: 148 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10027680, MRDS ID #M003802; and, Dep. ID #10137925, MAS ID #0040120216.
A former surface Au-Ag-Fe-Cu-Pb-Mn mine located in the SW¼ sec. 33, T5N, R14W & the NW¼ sec. 4, T6N, R14W, 5 miles N of Vicksburg. Location is approximate. Owned by the Glory Hole Bonanza Mines Co. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 33.8122N, 113.7278W.
Mineralization is a vein deposit with irregular ore bodies in a wide fissure or shear zone and is comprised of numerous, irregular, contorted and discontinuous quartz veins, and large masses of quartz. Some veins carry high-grade gold pockets and a gangue of siderite, iron oxides, and some manganese oxides. Some local sulfides. Country rock is metamorphosed Mesozoic sediments.
A surface pocket of high-grade gold ore started a short-lived boom in 1909 but subsequent exploration failed to develop much additional ore. Total production would probably be no more than about 450 oz. of gold with some silver and copper. In general the free gold is rather sparingly distributed in the veins, and in several places the free gold was only discovered after dissolving the iron oxide and carbonate present, which formed an effective covering for the gold.
The opposite direction of dip of the schists on either side of the wash in the vicinity of the prospect suggests that the direction of the gulch may have been determined by faulting.
The developments on the strike itself are of the most meager nature, consisting only of a small surface cut in the mountain side.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10027680 |
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