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Kat Head Mine

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 10102432
MRDS ID M001891
Record type Site
Current site name Kat Head Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Diamond

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.1402, 33.75867 (WGS84)
Relative position 9.5 MILES SW OF BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tiger Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(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 005N 009W 24 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 13 MILES S OF AGUILA, EAST OF TIGER WASH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.1402, 33.75867
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip W
    Length 91.44M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN TWO VEINS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET APART.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. E. Hill
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Northfleet Knabe
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • MAY HAVE PRODUCED SMALL AMOUNT OF SORTED ORE IN WWI

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 5 TO 10 FEET DEEP

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED: NORTHFLEET KNABE, R.E. HILL. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843.

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 622-KAT HEAD MINE

  • Production

    FARNHAM AND STEWART, 1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: WWI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) 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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