Old Glory

A gold mine in the Oro Blanco district.

Ownership

Sargent, Esperanza, Blaine Ledge, Ophir, Arizona Gold Mg. & Mllg. Co., Arizona Ophir Mg. Co., Foote, Pesano.⁵

Location

31.6681, -110.9344⁹

23S 11E S. Cen. 7.⁵

Mineral Products

Au, Ag, Pb-, Cu-, Zn-⁵

Geology

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. Chalcanthite⁵

Type of Operation

Shallow adit and open cut workings. Prospected and worked sporadically since 1880's. Production would be some 700 tons of ore averaging about 0.4 oz. Au/T, 1 oz. Ag/T and minor Cu and Pb.⁵.

Old Gold Story

Arizona Geological Survey Online Access File

References

1. Mineral Appraisal of Coronado National Forest, Part 12, Santa Rita Mountains Unit, MLA11-94 (1994). SR 591-609
   http://repository.azgs.az.gov/sites/default/files/dlio/files/nid1813/usbm_mla_011-94.pdf
2. Mining in the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains of Arizona, U.S. Department of Interior, 1915. Republished 2014 by Kerby Jackson.
3. http://docs.azgs.az.gov/OnlineAccessMineFiles/C-F/ExtensionSantacruz11b.pdf
4. USGS Mineral Resources Data System - possibly using NAD72 (https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/map-commodity.html#home)
5. Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County by Staton B. Keith, bulletin 1991, Arizona Geological Survey, 1975
6. Geology of the Three R Mine, Palmetto Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona by Paul Handverger, MS thesis 1963, University of Arizona
7. https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10046338
8. Wikipedia
9. Mike Bertram 12/6/23
10. mindat.org