The Rudy Mine is a manganese mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,919 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
Elevation: 1,919 Feet (585 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.33778, -113.65556
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Rudy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rudy Mine
Secondary: Nigger Boy
Secondary: Barbee
Secondary: Rudy Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
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: 1953
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^36.5 % Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
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: LENTICULAR MASSES IN SEAMS, VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Manganite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THREE SHALLOW OPEN CUTS IN 1956 .
Comment (General): Doug Causey - combined data from DEP_ID 10137783.
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, E.L. JR. AND RANSOME, F.L., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 710 - D, P 149-151
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 , P. 54
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P 44
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P 44
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