The Sambo Aguila Group is a manganese mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Sambo Aguila Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sambo Aguila Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Aguila 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
Ownership
Owner Name: D. B. Powell And G. W. Fiske
Production
Year: 1951
Time Period: Up To 1951
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Aguila District Production , 35 To 43 Percent Mn.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
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: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Manganite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD TO 1941 , A SMALL AMOUNT PRODUCED IN WWII
Comment (Geology): MN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A SERIES OF 10 OR MORE FRACTURE ZONES. MOST ABUNDANT WHERE PRONOUNCED SHEARING
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SEVERAL EXPOSURES OF MN BEARING MATERIAL ON THE PROPERTY HAD NOT BEEN EXPLORED IN 1958.
Comment (Development): 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): OVER 10 FRACTURE ZONES. THE MOST EXTENSIVE ZONE IS 30 X 15M. THE ZONE TRENDS NORTH.
Comment (Workings): THREE SHAFTS RANGING FROM 10 TO 25 FT DEEP HAVE BEEN SUNK ON THREE VEINS.
Comment (Location): 15 MILES S OF AGUILA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NUMBER 654-SAMBO AGUILA MINE
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843. P 16-17.
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.
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