American Mine

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027588
MRDS ID M003448
Record type Site
Current site name American Mine
Alternate or previous names American Black Nugget
Related records 10283384

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22215, 33.7595 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES SW OF AGUILA.

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 20,19 SE (19) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22215, 33.7595

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRANDS, SEAMS
    Strike N
    Dip STEEP W
    Length 45.72M
    Width 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN 3 ZONES, SEPARATED BY 200 TO 500 FEET. MN OXIDES IN STRANDS AND NARROW SEAMS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer M.B. Webb And John Rogers

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. L . Robinson
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Northfleet Knabe
    First year 1954

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 618-AMERICAN MINE.

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7843.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS OR FRACTURES RANGING FROM 1 TO 5 M WIDE AND SEPARATED BY INTERVALS OF 60 TO 150 M. WEST VEIN IS 50 M LONG, CENTRAL VEIN IS 60 M, EAST VEIN IS 150 M LONG.

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
Updater 01-NOV-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-95 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

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