Mangum Manganese Claims

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026942
MRDS ID M001197
Record type Site
Current site name Mangum Manganese Claims
Related records 10137242

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.82482, 31.78596 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES NORTH OF OLD CAMP OF COURTLAND, EASTERN FOOTHILLS OF DRAGOON MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 19S 25E 17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group Limestone
    Rock description Bisbee Group Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.82482, 31.78596

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BUNCHES, SEAMS, NODULES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: REPLACEMENT IN LIMESTONE IN FORM OF BUGS AND STRINGERS DILUTED BY CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turquoise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. C. Mangum
    Home office Lowell, Az.
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • 2 CARLOADS TO 4/43 NUMBER OF OPEN CUTS.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. FILES

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 83.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN FRACTURES IN SHATTERED LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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