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Iron Hive Mine

Past Producer in Gila 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10102476
MRDS ID M002924
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Hive Mine
Related records 10258339

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.77486, 33.44814 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH WEST OF BLACK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 015E 12 NE OF NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.77486, 33.44814
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 76.2M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Better Ore Had Been Selectively Mined From Higher Grade Bands Lenticular Bunches Ranging From 4 To 6 Feet In Width. They Appeared To Be Largely Localized Along The West Side Of The Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^22.7 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 23wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ORE WAS MINED FROM SEVERAL SCATTERED OPEN CUTS AND SHALLOW ADIT WORKINGS. THE DEPOSIT WAS EXPLORED AT GREATER DEPTH BY THREE OR MORE-ROTARY-DRILL HOLES ABOUT 4 IN. IN DIAMETER.

Comments on development

  • THE IRON HIVE GROUP CONSISTS OF TWO CONTIGUOUS CLAIMS WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY PART OF A LARGER GROUP, THE MINERAL FARM, OWNED BY MOLINE AND ARIZONA COPPER CO. IN THE 1920'S. THE IRON HIVE WAS SOLD IN THE 1930'S TO F.A.BENNET AND IN 1953 TO F.A.SITTON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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