Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryLimestone, General
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPODLIKE MASSES, SEAMS, VEINLETS
Ore controlOre Occurs Along Steeply Dipping Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
GangueLimestone
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone
Associated rockBasalt
StructureTert Volcanic Rocks Overlie Possibly Mesozoic Metavolcanic And Metasedimentary Rocks. Small Outcropping Of Precambrian Plutonic Rock East Of Mine, Ns Trending Normal Fault Near Mine, Downthrown Side To West
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1954
Identification
Deposit ID10027697
MRDS IDM003863
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.28171, -113.84634
References
FARNHAM, L. L. AND L. A. STEWART, 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 52SUNESON, 1980, THE ORIGIN OF BIMODAL VOLCANISM, WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA, PHD THESIS, UNIV. OF CALIF. SANTA BARBARAPHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.CIMRIU.S.B.M. I.F. 7843 , P. 52