The Shannon Prospect is a manganese mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,919 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: 1,919 Feet (585 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.33028, -113.66889
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Shannon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shannon Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Calcium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Artillery Peak 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
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Sorted Ore, 15% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: MANGANIFEROUS BEDS AND FRACTURES, WADS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Complex Folding Of Sandtrap Congl. (Plio)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Manganite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): AVERAGE GRADE OF DEPOSIT IS PROBABLY VERY LOW, THE AMOUNT OF MANGANESE SMALL.
Comment (Workings): ONLY WORKINGS AS OF 1938 WERE SCATTERED ASSESSMENT HOLES. THREE OPEN CUTS IN 1956 .
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: STEEP FISSURES
References
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., AND WEBBER, B.N., 1949, MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 961.
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843, P. 41.
Reference (Deposit): HEWITT, D.F., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 871, P. 83.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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