The Keno Mine is a manganese mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,101 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: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.44889, -110.76083
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Keno Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keno Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: F. A.Sitton
Years: 1961 -
Owner Name: Mohave Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1958 -
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1953 - 1954
Material type: MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20 % Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1885
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: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODIES RANGED FROM 3 TO 6 FEET IN WIDTH AND FROM A FEW FEET TO 20 FEET IN LENGTH. DEPOSIT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE MAGNET DEPOSIT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADIT AND INCLINED SHAFT, AND A FEW SHALLOW CUTS
Comment (Geology): THE BEST ORE WAS FORMED BY RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION AND DOWNWARD ENRICHMENT OF MANGANESE OXIDES AND DID NOT EXTEND BELOW A DEPTH OF ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THE SURFACE
Comment (Commodity): MN ORE NOT AMENABLE TO CONCENTRATION BY FLOTATION FROCESS DUE TO IRON OXIDE CONTENT
Comment (Development): KENO, A FRACTIONAL CLAIM, ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO THE SUPERIOR AND GLOBE MINING CO., ALONG WITH THE COPPER TRUST AND MAGNET GROUPS. IT ADJOINS THE NORTHEAST END OF THE MAGNET GROUP. THE KENO, ALONG WITH THE COPPER TRUST AND MAGNET, WAS SOLD IN THE 1920'S OR 1930'S TO F.A. BENNET AND THEN IN 1953 TO F.A.SITTON. CLAIM WAS FIRST MINED IN 1940'S BUT DID NOT SHIP UNTIL 1953
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 342, P. 132
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 127
Reference (Production): USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 66
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 66 .
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 710, P. 168
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