| Deposit ID | 10026950 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M001258 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | A-1 Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | Paradise and Spw Claims, A-1 Group, Muller Manganese, Denton Mine Group |
| Related records | 10258121 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.24397, 32.73067 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1292 |
| Relative position | 7 1/2 MILES W OF DUNCAN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Graham(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hot Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Simon(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Graham |
| United States | Arizona | Greenlee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008S | 030E | 23;24;13;14 | E2 (14); W2 (13) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Tertiary Volcanic Flows | ||||||
| Rock description | Tertiary Volcanic Flows | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| (1) | -109.24397, 32.73067 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Steep Northerly Trending Zones Of Shearing And Brecciation In Volcanic Rocks |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Manganese Deposits Form Narrow Interlacing Seams And Small Irregular Bunches Surrounding Unmineralized Framgments Of Wall Rock |
| General form | SEAMS AND BUNCHES |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | SW |
| Thickness | 0.03M |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Width | 12.19M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| Discoverer | John Pospohola And A. A. Dankworth |
| District name | Ash Peak District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Raymond And G.T. Godfrey (Ace Building And Roofing Supplies) |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Raymond, G.T. Godfrey, And John Pospohola |
| First year | 1961 |
| Year | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^41 % Mn | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 30.48M |
| Overall depth | 3.66M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M001258 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040110034 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040090031 |
FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 106
USBM FILES; A-1 CLAIMS (GREENLEE COUNTY), A-1 GROUP (GRAHAM COUNTY, PARADISE AND SPW CLAIMS (GREENLEE COUNTY, DENTON MINE (SANDERS; THURSTON AND HARDY)
ARIZ DEPT MINERAL RESOURSES FILE DATA; MULLER MANGANESE, DENTON MINE (SANDERS; THURSTON AND HARDY)
U.S.B.M. I.C. 7990 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROPERTY COMPRISES 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (2 CLAIMS OF A-1 GROUP; 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS OF PARADIST AND SPW, LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SIDES OF THE A-1 GROUP); MINERALIZED SECTION OF THE FRACTURE ZONE RANGES FROM 6 TO 8 FT WIDE AND IS TRACEABLE ON THE SURFACE FOR ABOUT 50 FT ALONG THE STRIKE; OTHER SMALL AND ISOLATED SPOTS OF LOW-GRADE ORE ARE EXPOSED FOR 200 FT OR MORE TO THE NW ALONG THE PROJECTED TREND OF FRACTURING; MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF STRINGERS IS 1 INCH; MAXIMUM WIDTH OF SEAMS REACHES 40 FT ON THE SPW CLAIM |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: BLACK BEAUTY GROUP; DENTON MINES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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