Webb Claims

The Webb Claims is a manganese mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,001 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: Webb Claims
Secondary: Webb Group

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Calcium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Aguila 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

Ownership

Owner Name: Northfleet Knabe
Years: 1954 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
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: BUNCHES, VEINLETS, NARROW SEAMS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): IN 1953 SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF LOW GRADE MN ORE WAS MINED AND STOCKPILED ON THE PROPERTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Geology): TWO MINERALIZED FRACTURE ZONES, 75 FEET APART. MN OXIDES OCCUR IN IRREGULAR BUNCHES AND VEINLETS

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, DEEPEST 20 FEET.

Comment (Location): IN THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. CLOSE TO TIGER WASH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Development): 5 TO 10 CLAIMS. CLAIMS INCLUDE TURKEY TRACK PAT CLAIM, GRANITE HILL PAT CLAIM, LITTLE CHARLOTTE PAT CLAIM, AURUM CHARLOTTE PAT CLAIM, MINNIE CLAIM, VICTOR CLAIM.

Comment (Deposit): CALCITE GANGUE WITH MANGANESE MINERALIZATION IN TWO FRACTURE ZONES IN ANDESITIC LAVA.

References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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

Reference (Deposit): ADMR WEBB CLAIM FILE.

Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 618-WEBB MINE.

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7843.

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