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Castaneda Group

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027698
MRDS ID M003864
Record type Site
Current site name Castaneda Group
Related records 10235043

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.8805, 34.37421 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 8 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

Castaneda Hills SW(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 016W 24 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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8805, 34.37421
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralized Beds Are Terminated On The Northeast By A S 55 E Trending Fault And To The Southwest By A S 65 E Trending Fault, Both Faults Dip Steeply Northeast.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 15 NE
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 243.84M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mesa Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^39.2 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 39wt-pct

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. 53 -

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS CONSIDERED OF LOW GRADE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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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