Webb Claims

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Calcium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027064
MRDS ID M001879
Record type Site
Current site name Webb Claims
Alternate or previous names Webb Group
Related records 10137814

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.25437, 33.747 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 9.25 MILES NE OF RED HILLS., Utm To Center Of Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weldon Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 010W 25 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. CLOSE TO TIGER WASH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Calcium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES, VEINLETS, NARROW SEAMS
    Strike W
    Dip S
    Length 45.72M
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO MINERALIZED FRACTURE ZONES, 75 FEET APART. MN OXIDES OCCUR IN IRREGULAR BUNCHES AND VEINLETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer J.B. Webb

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Northfleet Knabe
    First year 1954

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, DEEPEST 20 FEET.

Comments on development

  • 5 TO 10 CLAIMS. CLAIMS INCLUDE TURKEY TRACK PAT CLAIM, GRANITE HILL PAT CLAIM, LITTLE CHARLOTTE PAT CLAIM, AURUM CHARLOTTE PAT CLAIM, MINNIE CLAIM, VICTOR CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7843.

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 618-WEBB MINE.

  • Deposit

    ADMR WEBB CLAIM FILE.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALCITE GANGUE WITH MANGANESE MINERALIZATION IN TWO FRACTURE ZONES IN ANDESITIC LAVA.
Deposit IN 1953 SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF LOW GRADE MN ORE WAS MINED AND STOCKPILED ON THE PROPERTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-81 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-92 Orris, Greta J. 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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