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Yucca Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  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 10027898
MRDS ID M004411
Record type Site
Current site name Yucca Mine
Alternate or previous names Santa Fe Manganese Mine, Chapin Manganese, J H Jones Mine
Related records 10113924

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.37524, 34.63586 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 8.5 MILES SE OF TOPOCK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Topock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015N 020W 17 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS IN 1929 WERE 25 % MN, 3.5 % FE
Result 22 % MN, 2 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.37524, 34.63586
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tert Volcanic Flows Strike Nw, Dip 30 Sw, Nw Faults Throughout Area
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault, N75w, Vertical Dip

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N E
    Dip 8 NW
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 167.64M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE OCCUR ONLY IN THE FAUT ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Topock District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^35 - 40% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 38wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^21% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 21wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED SANTA FE RAILROAD CO, CHAPIN EXPLORATION CO

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. 55.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULLETIN 127, 1930, P. 78-81.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    USBM IC 7843.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS ANOTHER YUCCA MINE WHICH PRODUCED GOLD AND SILVER, SOMEWHERE NEAR DORIANA. THE YUCCA TUNGSTEN MINE AT DORIANA PRODUCED COPPER AND SILVE.R ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit MANGANESE ALSO OCCURS, IN ADDITION TO THE BEDDED DEPOSIT, IN A FAULT ZONE, WHICH LIMITS THE EXTENT OF THE SANDSTONE TO THE WEST. THE FAULT ZONE, N75W90, IS 40 FEET WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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