Arizona · Maricopa County
Past Producer

American Mine

Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
Manganese
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Description

M.B. Webb And John Rogers

Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formSTRANDS, SEAMS
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1939
Identification
Deposit ID10027588
MRDS IDM003448
Alternate namesAmerican Black Nugget
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.7595, -113.22215
References
USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 618-AMERICAN MINE.FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7843.ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.CIMRI