Description
N.T. Jackson And Marcos Mareno
Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formSTRINGERS, IRREGULAR BUNCHES
Ore controlManganese Minerals Occur In A Steeply Dipping Fracture Zone Cutting Gently Dipping Beds Of Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrolusite, Wad
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale
StructureNarrow Belts Of Carboniferous Limestone Surrounded By Tertiary Volcanic Flows, Limestone Beds Occupy Western End Of A Comparatively Narrow Belt Of Carboniferous Rocks That Extends Se To The Oliver Group Of Claims
Tectonic settingTransition Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces
AlterationSurface Oxidation To Unknown Depths
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1953
Identification
Deposit ID10026996
MRDS IDM001670
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.20788, -109.38815
References
FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 97 .USBM FILES, SYLVIA M. CLAIMSBENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.