| Deposit ID | 10102532 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M003656 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Maggie Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Artillery Mountain, Maggie Canyon, Artillery Peak |
| Related records | 10162258 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.65106, 34.34587 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 671 |
| Relative position | 9 MILES S OF SIGNAL. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mohave(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rawhide Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)
Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Mohave |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 012N | 013W | 31 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Calcium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hollandite | Ore |
| Manganite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Wad | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAYS 1947 : MN-- 11.0% , 13.5%, 14.8%, 14.0 %. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Chapin Wash Sandstone |
| Rock description | Chapin Wash Sandstone |
| (1) | -113.65106, 34.34587 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faulting |
| General form | TABULAR, STRATIFORM |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 6.71M |
| Length | 457.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1856 |
| Year of first production | 1951 |
| Year of last production | 1957 |
| Production years | 1954 |
| District name | Artillery Peak District |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Year | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^16.2 % Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1931 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 6349000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1958 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 12517000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 640.08M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M003656 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040150036 |
FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843, P. 44.
HEWITT, D.F., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 871, P. 81 - 3.
LASKY, S.G., AND WEBBER, B.N., 1949, MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 961.
MOUAT, M.M., 1962, MANGANESE OXIDES FROM THE ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS AREA, ARIZONA: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 47, NOS. 5 & 6, P. 745.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
U.S.B.M. I.F. 7843, P. 44 - 5.
; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS A MIXTURE OF LOW-GRADE, AMORPHOUS, WADLIKE OXIDES AND ENRICHED PORTIONS. ORE IS CONTAINED IN FRIABLE TO COMPACT SILTSTONE, SANDSTONE, AND CONGLOMERATE; CLAY AND MUDSTONE; AND HARD ORE THAT IS A SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT OF THE SANDSTONE ORE. DEPOSIT IS IN ALLUVIAL FAN AND PLAYA DEPOSITS OF EARLY PLIOCENE AGE. MANGANESE-BEARING MATERIAL UNDERLIES A 25-SQUARE-MILE AREA IN THE VALLEY BETWEEN THE ARTILLERY AND RAWHIDE MTNS. |
| Deposit | SITE OF U.S.B.M. PROJECTS IN 1940 - 41 , 1949 - 51 . CONSISTING OF 2100 FEET OF 10 X 10 FOOT DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, DEVELOPING SIZABLE ORE IN UPPER ZONE OF CHAPIN WASH FM., ALONG WITH MANY DRILL HOLES, WORK IS DETAILED IN U.S.B.M. REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5292 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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