| Deposit ID | 10162258 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M003656 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0040150036 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Maggie Mine, Artillery Mountains |
| Alternate or previous names | Maggie Mine,Artillery Mountains, Artillery Mountains, Artillery Peak, Maggie, Maggie Canyon |
| Related records | 10102532 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.65078, 34.34724 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 658 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mohave(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rawhide Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)
Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Mohave |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 012 N | 013 W | 31 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Wad | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -113.65078, 34.34724 |
|---|
| Thickness | 57M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 1140M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 720M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 81HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 177M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1856 |
| Mining method | Open Stope - Room and Pillar |
| Year of first production | 1951 |
| Milling method | Leach-Precipitation |
| District name | Artillery Mountains |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arizona Manganese Corp. |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1958 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 27600000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 638M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040150036 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M003656 | MAS references MRDS |
HAZEN, S.W., JR. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STATISTICAL
ANALYSIS AND OTHER METHODS OF COMPUTING ORE RESERVES,
UTILIZING ANALYTICAL DATA FROM MAGGIE CANYON MANGANESE
DEPOSIT, ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY,
ARIZONA. BUMINES RI 5375, 1958, 188 PP.
ELKINS, D.A., ESTIMATED COST OF EXPLOITING ENRICHED HARD
MANGANESE ORE FROM THE MAGGIE CANYON DEPOSIT, ARTILLERY
MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA. BUMINES RI6438
1964, 78 PP.
RAMPACEK, C., H.C. FULLER AND J.B. CLEMMER. OPERATION OF A
DITHIONATE-PROCESS PILOT PLANT FOR LEACHING MANGANESE ORE
FROM MAGGIE CANYON DEPOSIT, ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION,
MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, RI 5508, 1959, 54 PP.
KUMKE, C.A., C.K. ROSE, F.D. EVERETT AND S.W. HAZEN, JR.
MINING INVESTIGATIONS OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE MAGGIE
CANYON AREA, ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY,
ARIZONA, RI 5292, 1957, 87 PP.
EDLUND, V.E., AND R.S.LANG. SINTERING AND SMELTING MANGANESE
CONCENTRATES FROM MAGGIE CANYON ORE, ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS
AREA, ARIZONA, RI 5939, 1962, 27 PP.
LASKY, S.G. AND B.N. WEBBER. MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE
ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA. U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 961, 1949, 86 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SINCE THE DOMESTIC STEEL INDUSTRY IS ALMOST TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN IMPORTS OF MANGANESE, THE PROPERTY COULD BE DEVELOPED AT A SUBSIDIZED PRICE IN THE EVENT OF A CRITICAL SUPPLY SHORTAGE. MANGANESE-BEARING MATERIAL UNDERLIES A 25-SQUARE-MI AREA IN THE VALLEY BETWEEN THE ARTILLERY AND RAWHIDE MOUNTAINS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 23-FEB-1995 | West, B.J. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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