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Cummings Mine

Producer in Yavapai 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109066
MRDS ID M004279
Record type Site
Current site name Cummings Mine
Alternate or previous names Manganese 1 - 12
Related records 10210683

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.32518, 33.94812 (WGS84)
Elevation 561
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF CASTLE HOT SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Governors Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 001W 13,14 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Analytical data

Result 72.6 LBS. MNO/CU. YD., 47 % MN

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.32518, 33.94812
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Manganese Bearing Soil Rests Upon Hard Cemented Gravel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Dome District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1940 - 1941
    Material CONC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^45 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Manganese Manganese 45wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Period 1953 - 1954
    Material CONC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^40 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Manganese Manganese 40wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 62

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.C. 7843 , P. 62 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Dewitt, Ed H. 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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