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Sonsela Butte Deposit

Occurrence in Apache 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048360
MRDS ID M899950
Record type Site
Current site name Sonsela Butte Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.05177, 36.09586 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position ON SE RIM OF EASTERN BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonsela Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon De Chelly(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chinle(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 04N 05W 06 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Host Rock Is Known As Chuska Sandstone
    Rock description Host Rock Is Known As Chuska Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Chinle Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOTRYOIDAL PODS DISCONNECTED KNOBBY BUNCHES AND IRREGULAR LENTICULAR AGGREGATES
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAYO, E.B., 1956, METALLIFEROUS MINERALS AND MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL RESOURCES, VOL. NO. 1, P. 39

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO. 7990, P. 4-8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUCH OF THE OUTCROP IS REVEALED ONLY BY FLOAT MATERIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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