Oversight Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027669
MRDS ID M003770
Record type Site
Current site name Oversight Mine
Related records 10283266

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.64411, 34.29643 (WGS84)
Elevation 512
Relative position 12 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 011N 013W 17 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Calcium Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chapin Wash Sandstones
    Rock description Chapin Wash Sandstones
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.64411, 34.29643

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Artillery Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1953 - 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^15 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 15wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTHS OF THE OPEN CUT WORKINGS ARE UP TO 15 FEET.

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. 52

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.F. 7843 , P. 52

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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