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Howard Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048186
MRDS ID M800251
Record type Site
Current site name Howard Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.32382, 33.37035 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES W OF DERBY CLAIMS., Location Estimated From Description In Usgs Bull.710

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbus Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(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 001S 010W 06 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SEE COMMENTS FOR DERBY CLAIMS (RECORD NO. M800250).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS HIGH IN SILICA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore

Analytical data

Result SELECTED MATERIAL CONTAINS 30% OR MORE MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.32382, 33.37035
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL SEAMS
    Dip 10 N
    Thickness 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eagle Tail District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. W. Howard
    First year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF MATERIAL HAVE BEEN MINED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 22.86M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES AND RANSOME, 1920, USGS BULL 710, P. 134

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ASSOCIATED WITH BLACK SILICEOUS MATERIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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