The Crow Claims is a manganese mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,482 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: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.74167, -109.24111
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Crow Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crow Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Ash Peak District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Ownership
Owner Name: C. M. Magill And Associates
Years: 1961 -
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1954 - 1955
Description: Cp_Grade: ^23% Mn
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1954 - 1955
Description: Cp_Grade: ^39.6% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1951
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
Name: SOUTHERN FRACTURE
Form: LENTICULAR/IRREGULAR BUNCHES
Name: NORTHERN FRACTURE
Form: LENTICULAR/IRREGULAR BUNCHES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Steep Northerly Trending Zones Of Shearing And Brecciation In Volcanic Rocks
Type: L
Description: Manganese Deposits Form Lenticular Bodies Composed Of A Network Of Narrow Seams And Small Irregular Bunches Of Oxides Deposited Around Fragments Of Country Rock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Surface Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GANGUE CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF UNMINERALIZED FRAGMENTS OF VOLCANIC ROCK AND CALCITE
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1.0 MILE SE OF ASH PEAK SUMMIT; ADJACENT TO A-1 CLAIMS; GEODETIC AND UTM COORDINATES DESCRIBE PROSPECTS IN THE NE QUARTER OF SECTION 14.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED JOHN T. MORRIS
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY COMPRISES 4 CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED CLAIMS; DEPOSITS CONTAINED IN 2 FRACTURES, OF WHICH THE NORTHERNMOST RANGES IN WIDTH FROM 2 TO 3 FT AND IS EXPOSED ON THE SURFACE FOR ABOUT 300 FT (STRIKES DUE NORTH AND DIPS STEEPLY TO WEST), AND THE SOUTHERNMOST HAS A WIDTH OF 3 FT AND IS TRACEABLE FOR 50 FT (STRIKES N50W AND DIPS 60NE)
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED SHALLOW OPEN CUTS ON BOTH VEINS; MOST ORE WAS RECOVERED FROM 3 SHALLOW OPEN CUTS ON THE NORTH VEIN
Comment (Geology): DEPOSITS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE ENCOUNTERED ON THE A-1 GROUP CLAIMS AND BLACK BEAUTY GROUP CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: A-1 CLAIMS AND BLACK BEAUTY GROUP FOR GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
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. 105.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, CROW GROUP.
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.C. 7990.
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