The Valley View is a manganese mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,159 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
Elevation: 2,159 Feet (658 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.76528, -113.11111
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Valley View MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Valley View
Secondary: Yarnell Group
Secondary: Prieta Chinda
Secondary: Manganese Development
Secondary: Wheeler Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Big Horn District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: East Vulture Mining Co.
Years: 1944 -
Owner Name: C. T. Mcclendon
Years: 1944 -
Production
Year: 1943
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1863
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Talmage Fault Zone 150 Feet Wide That Offsets Ore
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE LOW W SILICA & FE OXIDES
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE EASTERN HALF OF THE VALLEY VIEW VEIN OUTCROP IS WITHIN THE VALLEY VIEW CLAIMS, THE WESTERN HALF IN THE YARNELL GROUP.
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN FOUR VEINS, 100 TO 200 FT. APART. THE CENTRAL VEIN, THE VALLEY VIEW, IS THE ONLY WORKED VEIN. . STRIKE OF ORE PARALLELS LAMINATION IN SCHIST
Comment (Development): 6 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10285 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): ASSAYED $120-200/TON
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843.
Reference (Deposit): METZGER, 1938, USBM IC 6991.
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 (Deposit): WILSON & BUTLER, 1930, ABGMT BULL 127, P. 67.
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