| 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: | -113.22215, 33.7595 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 15 MILES SW OF AGUILA. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Maricopa |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 005N | 009W | 20,19 | SE (19) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -113.22215, 33.7595 |
|---|
| General form | STRANDS, SEAMS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N |
| Dip | STEEP W |
| Length | 45.72M |
| Width | 4.57M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1939 |
| Discoverer | M.B. Webb And John Rogers |
| District name | Aguila District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | F. L . Robinson |
| First year | 1954 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Northfleet Knabe |
| First year | 1954 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M003448 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040130017 |
USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 618-AMERICAN MINE.
FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7843.
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.
CIMRI
| 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. |
| 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 |
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