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Mineral Farm Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  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 10027475
MRDS ID M003167
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Farm Mine
Alternate or previous names Bennett, Moonlight
Related records 10282749

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.77069, 33.44647 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 0.3 MILES NORTH OF BLACK PEAK

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)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 015E 10 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Manganite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Sulfates Are Closely Associated With And Appear To Replace The Carbonates

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.77069, 33.44647
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N80E
    Dip 60NW
    Length 152.4M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Veins Are Along A Network Of Branching Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1878
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^21.8 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 22wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^25.2 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 25wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS FROM THE MOONLIGHT VEIN & THE MINERAL FARM CLAIMS NO. 4 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 365.76M
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE YUMA VEIN HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY A 1200 FT SHAFT AND A 160 FT TUNNEL. MOST OF THE MANGANESE PRODUCTION IS FROM SHALLOW PITS AND OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • MOONLIGHT & MINERAL FARM GROUP WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF 21 CLAIMS CALLED THE MINERAL FARM OR EAGLE PASS GROUP, INCLUDING BIG IRON, VACEY CONSTANCE & IRON HIVE GROUPS. THE COMPLEXTE GROUP WAS OPERATED BY MINERAL FARM CO IN 1900'S, GLOBE MINING (1913), & MOLINE & ARIZONA (1917). MINERAL FARM CO SAID TO HAVE SHIPPED SILVER ORE, MOLINE & ARIZONA SHIPPED CU-AG ORE. TEN OF THE MOONLIGHT-MINERAL FARM CLAIMS CURRENTLY OWNED BY JOHN R. BACON (1951) & 2 OWNED BY F.A. SITTON, BOTH OF WHOM HAVE SHIPPED MN ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N. P., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 131 .

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 59 .

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E. D., BUTLER, G. M., 1930 , MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN ARIZOA: ABM BULLETIN 127 , P. 62 .

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOLINE AND ARIZONA FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE (MOLINE AND ARIZONA; GLOBE MINING)

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOVE DESCRIPTION IS FOR THE MANGANESE DEPOSIT. THE COPPER-SILVER DEPOSIT (YUMA VEIN) STRIKES N40E AND DIPS STEEPLY NORTHWEST

Reporter information

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

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