Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlThe Main Productive Vein, Along A Contact Between Pioneer Formation And Diabase, Probably Represents An Old Fault Formed Before The Intrusion Of Diabase And Reopened By Slight Displacement After The Intrusion
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrolusite, Wad
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Pioneer Formation
Associated rockDiabase
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1954
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10109033
MRDS IDM002943
Alternate namesSuperior and Globe Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.45008, -110.76013
References
FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 67 .USGS BULL 710, P. 168USGS PP 342, P. 132ABM BULL 127