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Chapin Claims Mine

Past Producer in Mohave 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027664
MRDS ID M003758
Record type Site
Current site name Chapin Claims Mine
Alternate or previous names Lake Mine
Related records 10283473

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.63689, 34.3381 (WGS84)
Elevation 561
Relative position 12 MILES S OF SIGNAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rawhide Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 013W 32,33 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY 1947 , 6.3 % MN ( 1 SAMPLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.63689, 34.3381
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N Trending Fault Zone Has Displaced The Beds Up On Westside

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 15 SW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 914.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1953 - 1954

Mining district

District name Artillery Peak District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1953 - 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^18.8 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 19wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1931
    Total resources 100000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 7.6 wt-pct Manganese Major 1931

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 67.06M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAIMS EXPLORED BY TRENCHES, TUNNELS, SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 45

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, D.F., 1936 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 871 , P. 81 - 3

  • Deposit

    HAVENS, R., 1947 , CONCENTRATION OF OXIDE MN ORES FROM ARTILLERY PEAK DEPOSIT, MOHAVE CO., ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. RI 4148 , P. 17

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G. AND WEBBER, B.N., 1949 , MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 961

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.F. 7843 , P. 45

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 861 , P. 83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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