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Granville & Unknown Claims

Past Producer in Cochise 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. 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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046242
MRDS ID M241107
Record type Site
Current site name Granville & Unknown Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.90565, 31.42042 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position APPROX. 1 1/2 MI. NW OF WARREN, N OF SOUTH BISBEE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bisbee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 024E 21 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION OF MINE ESTIMATED FROM LOCATION MAP IN USBM IC 7990 P. 11. THE AREA OF THIS MINE HAS BEEN COVERED BY TAILINGS DUMPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sacramento Hill Stock
    Rock description Sacramento Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Jurassic
    Chronological age 170.5
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.90565, 31.42042
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, BUNCHES, VEINLETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Bodies Near Dikes And Sills, And Faulting And Associated Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Calumet P Arizona Mng. Co., Phelps Dodge Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME 600-700 TONS OF MANGANESE ORE PRODUCED DURING WORLD WAR I.

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGEST OPEN CUT 110 FT LONG, 3 TO 5 FT WIDE, 10 FT DEEP. ANOTHER OPEN CUT WAS 60 FT LONG, 2 TO 3 FT WIDE. NINE OR MORE SHALLOW CUTS AND PITS ARE SCATTERED ALONG SEVERAL FISSURES OCCUPYING AN AREA ABOUT 100 FT WIDE AND 300 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 87.

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, 1961, USBM IC 7990, P. 11-19

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPEARS TO BE REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT. HARD MANGANESE OXIDES AND MANGANIFEROUS CALCITE IN FISSURE ZONE CUTTING LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) 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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