Description
Antone Proto; Gladstone
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Gold
SecondaryLead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlN-S Trending Quartz Vein With Several Subsidiary Veins In Granodiorite; Ore Deposits Form Lenticular Shoots Within Vein
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite,Granite
StructureDeposits Occur In Forms Of Subordinate Veins, Lenses, Stringers, And Seams In Fissures, Joints, Sheeting Planes, And Other Fractures In Quartz Monzonite And Diorite, Diorite Forms Footwall And Quartz Monzonite Forms Hanging Wall Of Vein System; Mineralization Occurred Mainly In Diorite
Tectonic settingGuajolote Fault Block; Nw-Trending, Inferred Guajolote Fault Lies To E Of Deposits; Downthrow To E
AlterationStrong Potassic Alteration; Granodiorite Is Highly Shattered, Sheeted, And Crushed
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1916
Last production1951
Discovery year1888
Identification
Deposit ID10048331
MRDS IDM899912
Alternate namesIndependence, Thessalia, Eureka, Arizona Claim, Ray, Gladstone-Proto Group, Proto Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.3982, -110.7515
References
USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA, GLADSTONE-PROTO MINE GROUPADMR FILE DATA, GLADSTONE (PROTO,INDEPENDENCE) MINEUSBM-FILE DATA, CLUSTER #22, GLADSTONE MINE GROUPABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA, GLADSTONE MINESCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL. 582, P. 316SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)KEITH, STANTON B, 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLTEIN 191, P. 80ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHTENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-1929, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 313