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Ramsdell Mine

Past Producer in Gila 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027388
MRDS ID M003010
Record type Site
Current site name Ramsdell Mine
Alternate or previous names Gleeson Flat
Related records 10136622

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.67625, 33.76591 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 38 ROAD MILES NORTH OF GLOBE.

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

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 005N 016E Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.67625, 33.76591
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, LENSING PODS
    Strike N
    Dip 80 E
    Length 76.2M
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ DIORITE IS COARSE-GRAINED TO PORPHYRITIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1954 - 1955
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^28.3% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 28wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 3-ADITS DRIVEN INTO THE HILLSIDE. THE UPPER WORKINGS COMPRISED OF AN OPEN CUT AND ADIT EXTENDING SOUTHWARD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1930, MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: UNIV. OF ARIZ. BULLETIN 127, P. 60.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003608 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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