Fugatt Mine

The Fugatt Mine is a manganese mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.

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

Name: Fugatt Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Maricopa

Elevation:

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 33.76528, -113.12750

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Fugatt Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Fugatt Mine
Secondary: Purple Pansy
Secondary: Claude Fugatt
Secondary: Fortunate
Secondary: Claude Fugatt Claims


Commodity

Primary: Manganese


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: Fred Siefert And L.W. Smith


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
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

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Location): 15 MILES S OF AGUILA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD PRIOR TO 1952

Comment (Development): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Geology): ORE IN CLOSELY SPACED VEINLETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES OF MN OXIDES. IN EXTENSIVE SHEAR ZONE


References

Reference (Deposit): ADMR PURPLE PANSY FILE

Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. BULL. 710, P.140

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

Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NUMBER 622-FUGGAT MINE


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