American Mine

The American 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: American Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Maricopa

Elevation:

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 33.75944, -113.22139

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American Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: American Mine
Secondary: American Black Nugget


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

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Ownership

Owner Name: Northfleet Knabe
Years: 1954 -

Owner Name: F. L . Robinson
Years: 1954 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
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: STRANDS, SEAMS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS OR FRACTURES RANGING FROM 1 TO 5 M WIDE AND SEPARATED BY INTERVALS OF 60 TO 150 M. WEST VEIN IS 50 M LONG, CENTRAL VEIN IS 60 M, EAST VEIN IS 150 M LONG.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Development): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Geology): MN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN 3 ZONES, SEPARATED BY 200 TO 500 FEET. MN OXIDES IN STRANDS AND NARROW SEAMS.


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 618-AMERICAN MINE.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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

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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