The Gila Hot Springs Group is a manganese mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.97278, -109.34028
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Gila Hot Springs Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gila Hot Springs Group
Secondary: Pyrolusite No. 1 Lode Mining Claim
Secondary: Hult Pyrolusite Property
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Gila Hot Springs District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: H. J. Peters And Associates
Years: 1954 - 1961
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1938
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, IRREGULAR PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Substantial Fracturing Of Gila Conglomerate; Fractures Strike A Few Degrees Nw And Cut The Gently Dipping Sedimentary Beds At High Angles
Type: L
Description: 2 Most Extensive Deposits Are Located On The Northernmost And Southernmost Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pleistocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1939 ORE ANALYSIS GAVE 0.4% FE, 3.8% SI, 21.6% MN, AND 8.53% BACO3
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1.0 MILE EAST OF GILLARD HOT SPRINGS; PYROLUSITE NO. 1 CLAIM LOCATED ABOUT 1.0 MILE NORTH FO THE GILA RIVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1955 , 40% MN.
Comment (Geology): VEIN CONTAINING MANGANESE ORE ON THE PYROLUSITE NO. 1 CLAIM IS EXPOSED ON THE SURFACE.
Comment (Development): PROPERTY COMPRISES 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WORK, CLAIMS WERE ABANDONED AND WERE RELOCATED BY H.J. PETERS IN 1954
Comment (Deposit): MN ORE OCCURS SPORADICALLY ALONG FRACTURES IN PARALLEL STRINGERS AND PODLIKE MASSES
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED A SHALLOW OPEN CUT ABOUT 30 FT LONG AND A 25 FT DEEP ADIT DRIVEN VERTICALLY BELOW THE CUT, ON THE NORTHERNMOST FRACTURE; A SHALLOW OPEN CUT ABOUT 30 FT LONG ON THE SOUTHERNMOST FRACTURE; 20 FT OF DRIFTING AND A SHALLOW OPEN CUT APPROXIMATELY 4 FT BY 6 FT BY 10 FT ON THE PYROLUSITE NO. 1 CLAIM
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, PYROLUSITE NO. 1 - LODE MINING CLAIM.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 98 - 99.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES; GILA HOT SPRINGS CLAIM, PYROLUSITE NO. .1
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