Cadillac Group

Past Producer in Pima 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027148
MRDS ID M002278
Record type Site
Current site name Cadillac Group
Related records 10162013

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.71267, 32.29788 (WGS84)
Elevation 591
Relative position 11 MILES SE OF AJO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sikort Chuapo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tenmile Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 004W 18 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.71267, 32.29788

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Between Fine-Grained Basalt And Vesicular Basalt.

Ore body information

  • General form THIN BANDS, DISSEMINATIONS
    Strike N 15 W
    Dip 60

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone, Along Fracture Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cimarron Mts. District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Papago Indian Reservation

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period - 1956
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^12.3 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 12wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 70.1M
    Overall width 38.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM IC 7990, P. 118

  • Production

    USBM IC 7990 , P. 118 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. 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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