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Needle Eye Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027671
MRDS ID M003773
Record type Site
Current site name Needle Eye Mine
Related records 10234713

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.54771, 34.32032 (WGS84)
Elevation 463
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF BIG WILLIAMS RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artillery Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011N 012W 06,07 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.54771, 34.32032
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FRACTURES, IRREGULAR BUNCHES, SEAMS, VEINLETS
    Dip SW
    Length 76.2M
    Width 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRIOR TO 1955

Mining district

District name Artillery Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period To 1955
    Material CONC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^31 - 40.2 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 36g/mt
  • Year 1955
    Period To 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Sorted Ore, 21 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 21wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT IS 60 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 37

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.F. 7843 , P. 37 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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