Yucca Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Clay, Iron, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113924
MRDS ID M004411
MAS/MILS ID 0040150808
Record type Site
Current site name Yucca Mine
Alternate or previous names Santa Fe Manganese Mine, J H Jones Mine, Chapin Manganese
Related records 10027898

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.3772, 34.63503 (WGS84)
Elevation 350
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Topock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015 N 020 W 17 S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Clay Tertiary
Iron Secondary
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.3772, 34.63503

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Santa Fe Railroad
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1959

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS NEEDLES MAP

  • Deposit

    AZ STATE LAND DEPT MINERAL MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR SANTA FE MANGANESE MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    WILSON E D AND G M BUTLER MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS 1A ARIZ

  • Deposit

    AZBM BUL 127 1930 P 78-81

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM L L AND L A STEWART MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN

  • Deposit

    ARIZ USBM IC 7843 1958 P 55

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOHAVE COUNTY CARD FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.