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American Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102497
MRDS ID M003147
Record type Site
Current site name American Manganese Mine
Alternate or previous names New Doughboy, Dunkirk and Kentucky Claims, Irene Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79708, 33.43397 (WGS84)
Elevation 1173
Relative position ABOUT 1.8 MILES DUE EAST 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)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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 14 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Schultz Granite
    Rock description Schultz Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Martin Limestone
    Rock description Martin Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.79708, 33.43397
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E Trending Irene Vein Extends I From The Mine Area.Both Nw And Ne Trending Faults Bound Small Block Of Martin. W Of Mine, Dripping Springs Quartzite And Pioneer Formation Strike Nw, Dip 40-50 Sw.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip 60 S
    Length 27.43M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Deposit Is An Irregular Body In A Faulted Block Of The Martin Limestone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HIGHER GRADE ORE IN THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN STRANDS OF DIFFERENT SIZE SURROUNDED BY UNMINERALIZED LIMESTONE. NO SCHULTZE GRANITE ON GEOLOGIC MAP, BUT GRANITE REPORTED IN WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1942 - 1944
    Material ZN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2.5% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
  • Year 1944
    Period 1942 - 1944
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^27 To 41% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 34wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Period 1952 - 1954
    Material MN ACT
    Description Cp_Grade: ^30 To 34% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 32wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • EARLY WORK CONSISTED OF AN OPENCUT AND AN ADIT.

Comments on development

  • THE AMERICAN MANGANESE OR NEW DOUGHBOY CONSISTS OF TWO CLAIMS, THE DUNKIRK AND KENTUCKY, WHICH ARE PART OF A LARGER GROUP OF 8 CLAIMS, THE DOUGHBOY, OWNED BY ANTON TROJANOVICH. THE CLAIMS WERE OPERATED IN THE EARLY 1940'S BY THE AMERICAN MANGANESE CO. (TROJANOVICH, PRESIDENT), IN THE LATE 1940'S BY COMSTOCK EXTENSION MINING CO. AND IN THE 1950'S BY GLOBE-MIAMI COPPER ZINC CORP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 All, R.K. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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