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Pumice Group

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10102467
MRDS ID M002739
Record type Site
Current site name Pumice Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10382, 33.772 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 7 MILES SSW 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

Black Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 008W 16 SW4 (16) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 15 MILES SE OF AGUILA, E OF TIGER WASH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10382, 33.772
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 609.6M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Metallic Recovery Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW OPEN CUTS, AND AN INCLINED SHAFT IN THE WESTERN PART; 8 FOOT DEEP CUT WITH THE OPEN WORKINGS DIMENSIONS IN THE NE PART

Comments on development

  • 8 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-625-PUMICE MINE.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE OF SEVERAL VEINS AND BRECCIA ZONES MAY BE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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