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Shannon Prospect

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Barium-Barite, Calcium
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027681
MRDS ID M003814
Record type Site
Current site name Shannon Prospect
Related records 10161914

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.66967, 34.33032 (WGS84)
Elevation 585
Relative position 6 MILES NW OF ALAMO.

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 011N 014W 01 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
Calcite Gangue
Quartz 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) -113.66967, 34.33032
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Complex Folding Of Sandtrap Congl. (Plio)

Ore body information

  • General form MANGANIFEROUS BEDS AND FRACTURES, WADS
    Length 609.6M
    Width 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Manganese Oxides Appear To Have Replaced The Matrix Of The Conglomerate, Vein And Partly Replaced The Pebbles.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STEEP FISSURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Artillery Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Sorted Ore, 15% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 15wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE GRADE OF DEPOSIT IS PROBABLY VERY LOW, THE AMOUNT OF MANGANESE SMALL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY WORKINGS AS OF 1938 WERE SCATTERED ASSESSMENT HOLES. THREE OPEN CUTS IN 1956 .

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. 41.

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, D.F., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 871, P. 83.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 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.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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