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Alamo Queen 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027684
MRDS ID M003819
Record type Site
Current site name Alamo Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Manganosite
Related records 10259006, 10137439

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.64856, 34.33171 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 10 MILES SOUTH 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 06 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.64856, 34.33171
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS AND SMALL PODLIKE MASSES
    Length 304.8M
    Width 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Manganese-Bearing Fractures Range From Fraction Of An Inch To Several Inches Wide, The Podlike Masses Are Occasionally Several Feet In Diameter.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE BASALT IS APPARENTLY A MEMBER OF THE PLIOCENE (?) SANDTRAP CONGLOMERATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1955

Mining district

District name Artillery Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 228.6M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS ARE 30 FT. 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. 38

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.C. 7843 P. 38

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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