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Glory Hole Mine (Globe Mine; Patented claims MS 2620), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types
Glory Hole Mine (Globe Mine; Patented claims MS 2620)Mine
Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon)Creek
Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District)Mining District
Pinal CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 45' 37'' North , 110° 29' 24'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
32.76028,-110.49000
GeoHash:
G#: 9tc6mezdk
GRN:
N22W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Mammoth1,487 (2017)14.7km
San Manuel3,551 (2011)22.2km
Oracle3,686 (2011)31.1km
Dudleyville959 (2011)35.6km
Winkelman346 (2017)36.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
48383
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:48383:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former Cu-Mo surface and underground mine located in the S of center sec. 3 & sec. 10, T8S, R18E, 1500 feet W of the Copper Prince, about 1½ miles N of W from Copper Creek ghost town and about 0.8 miles N of Copper Creek (stream), on private land. Claims extend into sec. 10 and into the Copper Prince Mine.

Mineralization is breccia pipes at joint intersections in Gory Hole volcanics and Copper Creek granodiorite. The primary ore zone is 33.53 meters long, 21.34 meters wide, with a depth-to-bottom 182.88 meters. This mine explores 3 closely spaced breccia pipes. Dimensions above are for the main pipe. The second pipe is 100 feet diameter; the third is small. Layering of fragments dips N at 25-35°. There is sparse supergene Cu staining; largely devoid of Cu minerals. Weed (1913) reported sulfide ore of good grade on the 200 level. Alteration is andesite altered to quartz and sericite. The orebodies are pipe-like. Fractured Glory Hole Volcanics are in sharp, nearly vertical, curved contact with Fe & Cu stained breccia. Breccia is unsorted with platy fragments 1-6 inches diameter and blocks 1-10 feet. There is no fine-grained matrix; voids. Related structures are faults striking E-W, N60°E and N10°W and NNW-trending block faults. The breccia pipe contact shows no evidence of movement.

Workings are 198.12 meters deep and are comprised of one shaft, several levels (only one now accessible), no stopes.

Assay data: In general assays less than 3% Cu where found below the 200 level inthe oxidized and leached zones.

[Possibly also called Old Glory mine?]

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘChalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘChalcanthite7.CB.20CuSO4 · 5H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘvar. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ ChalcanthiteCuSO4 · 5H2O
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ ChalcanthiteCuSO4 · 5H2O
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcanthiteCuSO4 · 5H2O
Sⓘ ChalcociteCu2S
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
KPotassium
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
FeIron
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcanthiteCuSO4 · 5H2O
Cuⓘ ChalcociteCu2S

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References

USGS Oak Grove Canyon Quadrangle map.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Mining District Sheet 741.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources U file.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10039467; MRDS ID #M050125; and Dep. ID #10283371, MAS ID #0040210393.
Weed, W.H. (1913) Mining and Engineering World: 38: 375-378.
Kuhn, T. (1941) Economic Geology: 36(5): 512-538.
Denton, T.C. (1947) Old Reliable Mine. U.S Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 4006.
(1951, July) Arizona Zinc and Lead Deposits - Part II. University of Arizona Bulletin 158. Arizona Bureau of Minespp.56-65
Simons, F.S. (1964), Geology of the Klondyke quadrangle, Graham and Pinal Counties, Arizona, USGS PP 461: 160.
Guthrie, J.O., and Moore, D.G. (1978) The geology of the Copper Creek area, Bunker Hill mining district, Galiuro Mountains, Arizona, in Jenney, J.P., and Hauck, H.R., eds., Proceedings of the Porphyry Copper Symposium, Tucson, Arizona, March 18-20, 1976: Arizona Geological Society Digest: 11: 25-31.
Anthony, John W., Williams, Sidney A., Bideaux, Richard A., Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.
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