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Manganese King Mine

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027374
MRDS ID M002984
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese King Mine
Related records 10282552

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79541, 33.46675 (WGS84)
Elevation 1196
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF BLACK PEAK., Utm Measured To Quarter Section Where Claim Is Located

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(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

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002N 015E 35 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Apache Group Quartzite
    Rock description Apache Group Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.79541, 33.46675
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip VERT
    Length 121.92M
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dave Lewis
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • ALTHOUGH A LITTLE MANGANIFEROUS SILVER ORE MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED THERE ARE NO RECORDS INDICATING THAT MANGANESE ORE HAS EVER BEEN SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS COMPRISE AN OLD VERTICAL SHAFT ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP AND A FEW SHALLOW OPENCUTS SCATTERED ALONG THE OUTCROP.

Comments on development

  • MANGANESE KING IS A SINGLE CLAIM WHICH WAS EXPLORED FOR COPPER IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-79 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.

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