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Arizona Manganese Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027897
MRDS ID M004398
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Manganese Prospect
Related records 10137710

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.33024, 34.45393 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Relative position AT LAKE HAVASU CITY, NEAR COLORADO RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Havasu City South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 020W 23 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE JUDGED TO CONTAIN 35 % MN, 8 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.33024, 34.45393
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Ore Occurs Mainly As Breccia But Also As Fissure Fillings. The Hard Ores Give Way To Soft Manganese Oxides At Shallow Depths.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRIOR TO 1918

Mining district

District name Pilot Rock District

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • TEN OPEN CUTS RANGING FROM 20 - 80 FEET LONG, AND UP TO 10 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D. AND BUTLER, G.M., 1930 , MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 127 , P. 76 - 8

  • Deposit

    JONES, E.L. JR. AND RANSOME, F.L., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 710 - D, P. 151 - 3

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 710 - D, P. 151 - 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSITS CONSIST OF SEVERAL VEINS AND BRECCIA ZONES THAT CUT THE BASALT OR LIE ON THE BASALT-SANDSTONE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Johnson, K. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 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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