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Fugatt Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027583
MRDS ID M003431
Record type Site
Current site name Fugatt Mine
Alternate or previous names Purple Pansy, Claude Fugatt, Fortunate, Claude Fugatt Claims
Related records 10162133

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.12826, 33.76534 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 8.5 MILES SW OF BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT., Located On Prospect Symbol Near Black Diamond Mine

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tiger Well(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 24 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 15 MILES S OF AGUILA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Granite, Schist
    Rock description Granite, Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.12826, 33.76534
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip S
    Length 304.8M
    Width 152.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN CLOSELY SPACED VEINLETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES OF MN OXIDES. IN EXTENSIVE SHEAR ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Siefert And L.W. Smith

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD PRIOR TO 1952

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on development

  • 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NUMBER 622-FUGGAT MINE

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 710, P.140

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843.

  • Deposit

    ADMR PURPLE PANSY FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-81 Harner, Joy L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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