The Mesa Manganese Prospect is a manganese mine located in Mohave 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: 34.28167, -113.84556
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Mesa Manganese Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mesa Manganese Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Limestone, General
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Mesa Manganese 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: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Ore 16.5 % Mn, Concentrates 43 % 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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODLIKE MASSES, SEAMS, VEINLETS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tert Volcanic Rocks Overlie Possibly Mesozoic Metavolcanic And Metasedimentary Rocks. Small Outcropping Of Precambrian Plutonic Rock East Of Mine
Type: L
Description: Ns Trending Normal Fault Near Mine, Downthrown Side To West
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Limestone
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE MORE IMPORTANT DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A WIDE BELT OF ALTERED LIMESTONE, CUT BY MINERALIZED FRACTURES.
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L. AND L. A. STEWART, 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 52
Reference (Deposit): SUNESON, 1980, THE ORIGIN OF BIMODAL VOLCANISM, WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA, PHD THESIS, UNIV. OF CALIF. SANTA BARBARA
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
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.F. 7843 , P. 52
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