Description
L.A. Billingsley And Lewis Dean
Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlManganese Minerals Occur In Lenses Along 2 Narrow Parallel Veins, 800 Ft Apart, That Strike Northward And Dip Steeply To The East, And Traverse Volcanic Rocks
Materials
Ore mineralsPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureSteep Northerly Trending Zones Of Shearing And Brecciation In Volcanic Rocks, Ore Lenses Are Separated Along Both The Strike And Dip By Barren Intervals Or By Stringers Of Ore Too Narrow To Mine
Tectonic settingGila River Watershed; Low Ridge Terrain West Of The Summit Mountains (New Mexico)
AlterationSurface Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1953
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10108999
MRDS IDM001678
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.87261, -109.0762
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. 103-4.USBM FILES, BLACK CAT GROUP.ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, BLACK CAT GROUP.U.S.B.M. I.C. 7990, P. 103-4.