Sisson & Peagram Prospect

Prospect in Maricopa 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027073
MRDS ID M001912
Record type Site
Current site name Sisson & Peagram Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mollie Davenport, Molly Davenport

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.20715, 33.73812 (WGS84)
Relative position 9.5 MILES N OF BIG HORN PEAK SUMMIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Horn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 009W 33 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 13 MILES S OF AGUILA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.20715, 33.73812

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW SEAMS
    Strike N10 DEGREES W
    Dip 75 DEGREES E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Sisson And Peagram

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Davenport
    First year 1935
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sisson And Pegram
    First year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 710, P.141

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 604-SISSON AND PEAGRAM MINA F3 ADMR MOLLIE DAVENPORT FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN TRACED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET BUT ORE IS RESTRICT ED TO A SMALL SHOOT

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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.