Apache Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Copper, Silver, Cobalt
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026831
MRDS ID M000454
Record type Site
Current site name Apache Manganese Mine
Related records 10258508

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.69569, 33.79368 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position MILE EAST OF MEDICINE BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho Colorado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 016E 30 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Erythrite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result THE SAMPLE FROM THE SOUTH OPENING CONTAINED 9.0 % MANGANESE, THAT FROM THE LARGEST OPENCUT ASSAYED 8.5 %, AND THE SAMPLE FROM THE NORTHERN MOST DEPOSIT CONTAINED 8.4 % MANGANESE. COMPOSITE SAMPLE WEIGHED ABOUT 400 POUNDS AND CONTAINED 8.4 % MN
Result 3.6 % CACO3
Result AND 0.19 % CU
Result 0.1OZS. OF SILVER PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.69569, 33.79368

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Occur In Steeply Dipping Fracture Zones That Range In Strike From Nw To Ne.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1939 - 1943
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^45.3 To 48.7 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 47wt-pct
  • Year 1955
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.25 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 7.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, R. T., 1968 ,MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 177, P. 36 .

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P.

  • Production

    BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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