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Sylvia M Claims

Occurrence in Greenlee 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026996
MRDS ID M001670
Record type Site
Current site name Sylvia M Claims
Related records 10112435

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.38815, 33.20788 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 12 1/2 MILES NNW OF CLIFTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coronado Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 029E 05 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, CLAIMS ARE IN NW 1/4 SECTION 5, HIGHWAY 666 CROSSES THE DEPOSIT NEAR MILEAGE MARKER 180, 1.5 MILES NORTH OF GRANVILLE RECREATION AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale
    Rock description Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.38815, 33.20788
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Narrow Belts Of Carboniferous Limestone Surrounded By Tertiary Volcanic Flows
Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Beds Occupy Western End Of A Comparatively Narrow Belt Of Carboniferous Rocks That Extends Se To The Oliver Group Of Claims

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, IRREGULAR BUNCHES
    Length 3.05M
    Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Manganese Minerals Occur In A Steeply Dipping Fracture Zone Cutting Gently Dipping Beds Of Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANIFEROUS FLOAT IS PRESENT IN PLACES ALONG THE NE TRENDING FAULT 20NE (EXTENDS 70 FT WEST OF THE HIGHWAY); MINERALIZED STRINGERS RANGE FROM A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO SEVERAL INCHES IN WIDTH AND EXTEND SEVERAL FT ALONG THE STRIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer N.T. Jackson And Marcos Mareno

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 3.66M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SHALLOW OPENCUTS, EXPLORATORY WORK.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED G.S. BUTTORFF

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 97 .

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, SYLVIA M. CLAIMS

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; FRACTURE ZONE STRIKES N55-60E
Deposit SEE ALSO: OLIVER CLAIMS, LOCATED ON SAME LIMESTONE BELT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Calder, Susan R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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