Yucca Mine

The Yucca Mine is a manganese mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,201 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Yucca Mine
Secondary: Santa Fe Manganese Mine
Secondary: Chapin Manganese
Secondary: J H Jones Mine

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Topock District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1953
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^21% Mn
Year: 1941
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^35 - 40% Mn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tert Volcanic Flows Strike Nw, Dip 30 Sw, Nw Faults Throughout Area

Type: L
Description: Fault, N75w, Vertical Dip

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 22 % MN, 2 % FE
Analytical Data: ASSAYS IN 1929 WERE 25 % MN, 3.5 % FE

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MANGANESE ALSO OCCURS, IN ADDITION TO THE BEDDED DEPOSIT, IN A FAULT ZONE, WHICH LIMITS THE EXTENT OF THE SANDSTONE TO THE WEST. THE FAULT ZONE, N75W90, IS 40 FEET WIDE.

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED SANTA FE RAILROAD CO, CHAPIN EXPLORATION CO

Comment (Geology): PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE OCCUR ONLY IN THE FAUT ZONE.

Comment (Deposit): THERE IS ANOTHER YUCCA MINE WHICH PRODUCED GOLD AND SILVER, SOMEWHERE NEAR DORIANA. THE YUCCA TUNGSTEN MINE AT DORIANA PRODUCED COPPER AND SILVE.R ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULLETIN 127, 1930, P. 78-81.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): USBM IC 7843.

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L. AND STEWART, L. A., 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 55.

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