Roadside Mine

The Roadside Mine is a manganese mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,402 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: Roadside Mine

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Aguila District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Frank Mcelrath
Years: 1954 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
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: VEINLETS, SEAMS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): AT THE N EDGE OF BIG HORN MTS. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Comment (Production): APPARENTLY A SMALL PRODUCTION FROM EARLY OPERATORS

Comment (Deposit): 2 FRACTURE ZONES. MN MINERALS OCCUR AS VEINLETS AND SEAMS SURROUNDING THE PARTLY REPLACED IN BRECCIATED FRAGMENTS OF ANDESITE.

Comment (Workings): EXPLORATORY WORK WAS GETTING UNDERWAY IN 1954, DATE OF REFERENCE'S INFORMATION; OPEN CUT 10 FEET DEEP.

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED: FRANK MCELRATH AND ASSOCIATES, HARQUAHALA MILLING CO. PROPERTY INCLUDES 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS IN WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7843.

Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NUMBER 604-ROADSIDE MINE

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