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Darius Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Copper
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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. Ownership information
  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 10109030
MRDS ID M002898
Record type Site
Current site name Darius Mine
Related records 10112616

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.78958, 33.42119 (WGS84)
Elevation 1166
Relative position 3000 FT. NORTH OF THE OLD DOMINION MINE

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 24 NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF BUFFALO GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Opal Gangue

Analytical data

Result BATCH-SCALE, SINK-AND-FLOAT, FLOTATION AND SULFUR DIOXIDE LEACHING TESTS WERE MADE ON A COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF BROKEN ORE. THE SAMPLE WEIGHED ABOUT 350 LBS. AND ASSAYED 19 % MN, 38 % CACO3 , 0.98 % PB, 1.70 % ZN, AND 0.07 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.78958, 33.42119
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip VERT
    Length 182.88M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Mn Ore Occurs In A Broad Fracture Zone Along The West Side Of A Tilted Block Of Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. A.Sitton
    First year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner Miami Copper Co.
    First year 1961

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1953 - 1954
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20.7 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 21wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THE FRIST MN ORE WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED DURING WORLD WAR II, THE AMOUNT AND GRADE OF THESE SHIPMENTS ARE NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.003HA
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OLD INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS HAD BEEN SUNK, EVIDENTLY THIS WORK HAD BEEN DONE DECADES EARLIER IN A SEARCH OF COPPER-SILER ORES

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY ONE OF THE CLAIMS OF THE OLD DOMINION

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

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