Polianite Group Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Barium-Barite, Calcium
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027667
MRDS ID M003764
Record type Site
Current site name Polianite Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Tate Manganese
Related records 10259268

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.67467, 34.34671 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 9 MILES SW 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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 014W 36 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Sandtrap Conglomerate
    Rock description Sandtrap Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.67467, 34.34671

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Transverse Fault Ends Shear Zone To West

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1954 - 1955

Mining district

District name Artillery Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1954 - 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 2wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 86.87M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN WORKINGS ARE UP TO 50 FEET DEEP.

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. 50.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.F. 7843 , P. 50

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL AMOUNTS OF BARITE WITH BLACK AND WHITE CALCITE AND MANGANESE IN NARROW LENTICULAR SHOOTS ALONG PARALLEL FRACTURES CUTTING SANDTRAP CONGLOMERATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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