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Sambo Aguila Group

Past Producer in Maricopa 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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  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 10027581
MRDS ID M003422
Record type Site
Current site name Sambo Aguila Group
Related records 10234543

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.05354, 33.812 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.5 MILES SW OF BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N;005N 008W;008W 35,36;01,02 S Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 15 MILES S OF AGUILA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.05354, 33.812
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NW-SE
    Dip 45 DEGREES SW
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A SERIES OF 10 OR MORE FRACTURE ZONES. MOST ABUNDANT WHERE PRONOUNCED SHEARING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. B. Powell And G. W. Fiske

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period Up To 1951
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Aguila District Production , 35 To 43 Percent Mn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 39wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD TO 1941 , A SMALL AMOUNT PRODUCED IN WWII

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL EXPOSURES OF MN BEARING MATERIAL ON THE PROPERTY HAD NOT BEEN EXPLORED IN 1958.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS RANGING FROM 10 TO 25 FT DEEP HAVE BEEN SUNK ON THREE VEINS.

Comments on development

  • 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NUMBER 654-SAMBO AGUILA MINE

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843. P 16-17.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVER 10 FRACTURE ZONES. THE MOST EXTENSIVE ZONE IS 30 X 15M. THE ZONE TRENDS NORTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Harner, Joy L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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