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Blue Ridge Property

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodity Manganese
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  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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027350
MRDS ID M002931
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Ridge Property
Related records 10185632

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.15793, 34.55061 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position 1.4 MILES EAST OF BLUE RIDGE RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

C.C. Cragin Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sedona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Little Colorado(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coconino 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 Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 011E 35 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.15793, 34.55061
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND POCKETS
    Thickness 0.2M
    Length 1.22M
    Depth to top 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE FLOAT WAS FOUND OVER AN AREA OF MORE THAN A SQUARE MILE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Long Valley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM #1 : REFERENCE STATES; "A FEW TONS OF SORTED ORE WAS PRODUCED DURING 1942".

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall length 3.05M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED BY OPEN CUTS, WITH A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 5 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L. L. AND STEWART, L. A., 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN WESTERN ARIZ.: USBM, IC #7843 P. 11 .

  • Deposit

    USBM CARD FILE.

  • Production

    USBM IC 7843

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PSILOMELANE REPLACES SOIL AND OVERBURDEN.
Deposit BLUE RIDGE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Bright, Daniel U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Creasey, S. C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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