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Knabe No. 6 Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102434
MRDS ID M001920
Record type Site
Current site name Knabe No. 6 Mine
Related records 10186438

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22382, 33.71895 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 1.25 MILES W OF LITTLE HORN PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Horn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004N 009W 06 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES W OF BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN VEINLETS AND SEAMS OF MN OXIDES, TRACEABLE FOR 100 FEET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Northfleet Knabe

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. A.Sitton And J. E. Robinette
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Northfleet Knabe
    First year 1954

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^8 To 10 Percent Mn (Between 500 And 1000 Tons)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 9wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED F.A. STITTON AND J.E. ROBINETTE (1953). MINE HAS 2 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7843

  • Production

    FARNHAM AND STEWART, 1958

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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