Apache & Dulcy Claims

The Apache & Dulcy Claims is a manganese mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,402 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

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Site Name

Primary: Apache & Dulcy Claims
Secondary: Gallagher & Flynn

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/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: J. N. House
Years: 1954 -

Owner Name: Frank Mcelrath
Years: 1954 -

Production

Year: 1953
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^18 Percent Mn
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^40 Percent Mn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: LOW FE OXIDE CONTENT

Materials

Ore: Manganite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Geology): BRECCIATED ZONES ARE ABOUT 10 FEET WIDE. MOST OF THEORE IS IN NARROW SEAMS OF OXIDES. OXIDES EXTEND TO 30 FT. DEEP ORE MINED FROM 2 VEINS, 750 FEET APART

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WWI

Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS IN 10 FT WIDE BRECCIA ZONE; SAME VEINS AS NEARBY U. S. GROUP. THE APACHE CLAIM HAS 2 VEINS, ONE 24 M LONG AND 1 TO 1.5 M WIDE, THE OTHER 120 M X 1 TO 1.5 M. BOTH STRIKE NORTH WITH STEEP DIPS. THE EAST VEIN DIPS TO THE EAST (?), THE WEST VEIN DIPS TO THE WEST.

Comment (Workings): 30 FOOT DEEP OPEN CUT (ON DULCY NO. 2 CLAIM), UP TO 25 FOOT DEEP OPEN CUT (BULK OF ORE PRODUCED, APACHE CLAIM). APACHE HAS 8 M LONG INCLINE OF UNKNOWN DEPTH AND 22 M SQUARE OPEN PIT.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED FRANK MCELRATH (1954). PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 4 CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Production): WILSON AND BUTLER, 1930.

Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 604-GALLAGHER AND FLYNN.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. M. BULL. 127, P. 68.

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS,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.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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