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Sue Manganese Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027864
MRDS ID M004243
Record type Site
Current site name Sue Manganese Mine
Related records 10234865

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.21246, 34.19337 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Relative position 6 MILES EAST OF PARKER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cross Roads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 019W 23 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • DUE WEST OF BILLY MACK MOUNTAIN. INFO FROM LAND.ST :49, 01

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Iron Oxide

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.21246, 34.19337
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Close To Thrust Fault Zone?

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N25W
    Dip 80SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Occurs Within A Brecciated Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1963

Mining district

District name Cienega District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry Osborne
    First year 1966

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period 1860-1963
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3.5 % Cu, 0.2 Oz Au/Ton, 0.1 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 3g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 6g/mt
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • HAS PRODUCED SOME RICH ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS OF 100 FT DEEP EACH WITH 400 FT OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND RAISES OFF THE MAIN SHAFT; ALSO ABOUT 600 FT OF TUNNELS, CROSSCUTS, STOPES AND SURFACE WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: H. OSBORNE (1957), HEALTH AND WEALTH CLUB, INC., D. WRAY (1940), M. OSBORNE (1939), H. MACK, ASSOCIATED MINING CO.; CONSISTS OF 1 PATENTED AND 6(?) UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 127.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT BULL 192, P. 143.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    WILKINS, J., AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA. AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA AND NEVADA: CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS, P. 182.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED NEAR SURFACE. MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS; OREBODIES FOUND WITHIN AND ABOVE THE FLINTY, CHLORITIC, MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 22-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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