Livingston Group Mine

Producer in Gila 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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027347
MRDS ID M002927
Record type Site
Current site name Livingston Group Mine
Related records 10209545

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.77319, 33.4523 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF BLACK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 15E 10 NW OF NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.77319, 33.4523

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip NW
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mn Mineralization Occurs In Places Along Two Fracture Zones Cutting Diabase

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1953
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. N. Spencer
    First year 1961

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1953 - 1954
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^25 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 25wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSITS ALSO DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS; HELD BY F.A.SITTON IN 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 56

  • Production

    USBM INFORMATION BULLETIN 7990 , P. 56

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) 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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