Hatton Claims

The Hatton Claims is a manganese mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: 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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