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Bosque Group

Occurrence 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027621
MRDS ID M003542
Record type Site
Current site name Bosque Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51073, 32.98592 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position NEAR BOSQUE , 12 MILES E OF GILA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bosque(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gila Bend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila-Painted Rock Reservoir(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 005S 002W 18 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE VERY SILICEOUS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51073, 32.98592
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Width 0.51M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mn Replaces Granite Along Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • REPLACEMENT OF GRANITE IN FISSURE ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Maricopa District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Farley, T. H.
    First year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED TO MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 10 FEET.

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS BUT MN FOUND ON ONLY ONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT SMALL AND DISCONTINUOUS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. 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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