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Vance Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109031
MRDS ID M002928
Record type Site
Current site name Vance Mine
Related records 10282708

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.77819, 33.44675 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES NORTH OF GLOBE, Location Based On Description In Usbm Ic 7990, Location Based On Description In Usbm Ic 7990, Location Based On Description In Usbm Ic 7990

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)

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 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

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) -110.77819, 33.44675
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Along A Northeasterly Trending Fissure In Diabase

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BEST ORE WAS ON AND NEAR THE SURFACE, THE FISSURE DIMINISHED IN SIZE AND GRADE WITH DEPTH

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Louis Winn
    First year 1961

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^23.8 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 24wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY PART OF THE OLD ABANDONED HORN SILVER GROUP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LARGER LENSES REACHED WIDTHS OF 3 FEET AND LENGTHS OF 10 FEET OR MORE BEFORE TAPERING OUT ALONG THE STRIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-79 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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