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Mesa Manganese Prospect

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Limestone, General
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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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027697
MRDS ID M003863
Record type Site
Current site name Mesa Manganese Prospect
Related records 10258928

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84634, 34.28171 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 11.5 MILES SW OF MCCRACKEN PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Centennial 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 015W 20,21 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Limestone, General Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Limestone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.84634, 34.28171
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tert Volcanic Rocks Overlie Possibly Mesozoic Metavolcanic And Metasedimentary Rocks. Small Outcropping Of Precambrian Plutonic Rock East Of Mine
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ns Trending Normal Fault Near Mine, Downthrown Side To West

Ore body information

  • General form PODLIKE MASSES, SEAMS, VEINLETS
    Strike N 32 W
    Dip 90
    Length 91.44M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Along Steeply Dipping Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mesa Manganese District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Ore 16.5 % Mn, Concentrates 43 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 17wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.028HA
    Length 18.29M
    Overall length 85.34M
    Overall width 4.57M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L. L. AND L. A. STEWART, 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 52

  • Deposit

    SUNESON, 1980, THE ORIGIN OF BIMODAL VOLCANISM, WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA, PHD THESIS, UNIV. OF CALIF. SANTA BARBARA

  • 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. 52

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MORE IMPORTANT DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A WIDE BELT OF ALTERED LIMESTONE, CUT BY MINERALIZED FRACTURES.

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.

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