The Spring Mine is a manganese mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,401 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
Elevation: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.28667, -113.41167
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Spring Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Mine
Secondary: Kaiserdoom Group
Secondary: Black Bitch
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Artillery 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
Not available
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1953-1958
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4-5% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR MASSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 45% MN
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY EXPLORED BY 2 SHORT TUNNELS, WORK FROM OPEN PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, E.L. JR.; RANSOME, F.L.; 1920; DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 710, P. 183
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; BUTLER, G.M.; MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 127, P. 102
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 115
Reference (Production): (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.
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