The Hatton 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
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.62917, -113.11583
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Hatton Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hatton Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
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: Noble Electric Steel Co.
Years: 1918 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Model Name: Epithermal Mn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SURFACE SAMPLES ASSAYED 35 TO 40 PERCENT MANGANESE, 10 PERCENT FE, AND LESS THAN ONE PERCENT SILICA.
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A FEW HUNDRED TONS (1918)
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD
Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): FE & MN OXIDES ARE INTIMATELY MIXED.
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B.M. BULL. 127, P.70, BULL. 710, P.135
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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