Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryCalcium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeSedimentary
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR, STRATIFORM
Ore controlFaulting, Bedding
Materials
Ore mineralsHollandite, Manganite, Psilomelane, Wad
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockMudstone,Sandstone · Chapin Wash Sandstone
StructureFaulting
AlterationSupergene Enrichment
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1954
First production1951
Last production1957
Discovery year1856
Identification
Deposit ID10102532
MRDS IDM003656
Alternate namesArtillery Mountain, Maggie Canyon, Artillery Peak
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.34587, -113.65106
References
FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843, P. 44.HEWITT, D.F., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 871, P. 81 - 3.LASKY, S.G., AND WEBBER, B.N., 1949, MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 961.MOUAT, M.M., 1962, MANGANESE OXIDES FROM THE ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS AREA, ARIZONA: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 47, NOS. 5 & 6, P. 745.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.U.S.B.M. I.F. 7843, P. 44 - 5.; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.