The Sylvia M Claims is a manganese mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.20778, -109.38750
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Sylvia M Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sylvia M Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: STRINGERS, IRREGULAR BUNCHES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Narrow Belts Of Carboniferous Limestone Surrounded By Tertiary Volcanic Flows
Type: L
Description: Limestone Beds Occupy Western End Of A Comparatively Narrow Belt Of Carboniferous Rocks That Extends Se To The Oliver Group Of Claims
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED G.S. BUTTORFF
Comment (Geology): MANGANIFEROUS FLOAT IS PRESENT IN PLACES ALONG THE NE TRENDING FAULT 20NE (EXTENDS 70 FT WEST OF THE HIGHWAY); MINERALIZED STRINGERS RANGE FROM A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO SEVERAL INCHES IN WIDTH AND EXTEND SEVERAL FT ALONG THE STRIKE
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: OLIVER CLAIMS, LOCATED ON SAME LIMESTONE BELT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, CLAIMS ARE IN NW 1/4 SECTION 5, HIGHWAY 666 CROSSES THE DEPOSIT NEAR MILEAGE MARKER 180, 1.5 MILES NORTH OF GRANVILLE RECREATION AREA
Comment (Deposit): 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; FRACTURE ZONE STRIKES N55-60E
Comment (Workings): A FEW SHALLOW OPENCUTS, EXPLORATORY WORK.
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. 97 .
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, SYLVIA M. CLAIMS
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.
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