Mogul Group

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027081
MRDS ID M001959
Record type Site
Current site name Mogul Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74429, 32.80954 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES S. OF WINKELMAN, 3 MILES W. OF SAN PEDRO RIVER , IN THE BLACK HILLS, Utm'S To Center Of Section 20. Mine Is Within One Mile Radius, Not Marked On The Topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007S 016E 20 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 25 TO 40 PERCENT MN, 4 PERCENT SILICA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.74429, 32.80954

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 45SW
    Length 76.2M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mn Oxides Probably Derived From Decomposition Of Manganiferous Calcite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IS UP TO 10 FEET WIDE, 350 FT LONG. PSILOMELANESHOWS CONCENTRIC STRUCTURE ; GEOL.DESC: ORE DEPOSIT IN VEIN OF CALCITE IN GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer 1918

Mining district

District name San Pedro District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. Norton

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 25M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 HOLES DUG, 6 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 710, P.169

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., AND BUTLER, G.M., 1930, MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 127, P. 86-87

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MAINLY IN THE HANGING WALL SIDE OF THE VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-81 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) 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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