Description
Henry Wickenburg
Commodities
PrimaryManganese
SecondaryGold
TertiaryZinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Calcium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
GangueBarite, Chalcedony, Fluorite, Kaolinite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
StructureTalmage Fault Zone 150 Feet Wide That Offsets Ore
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1863
Identification
Deposit ID10009776
MRDS IDD002971
Alternate namesYarnell Group, Prieta Chinda, Manganese Development, Wheeler Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.76534, -113.11187
References
WILSON & BUTLER, 1930, ABGMT BULL 127, P. 67.FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843.METZGER, 1938, USBM IC 6991.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.CIMRI