Sue Manganese Mine

The Sue Manganese Mine is a gold, manganese, and copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 551 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Sue Manganese Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation: 551 Feet (168 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Manganese, Copper

Lat, Long: 34.19333, -114.21167

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Sue Manganese Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sue Manganese Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Cienega District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Harry Osborne
Years: 1966 -


Production

Year: 1963
Time Period: 1860-1963
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3.5 % Cu, 0.2 Oz Au/Ton, 0.1 Oz Ag/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Year Last Production: 1963
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults

Type: L
Description: Close To Thrust Fault Zone?


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Iron Oxide


Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Development): PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: H. OSBORNE (1957), HEALTH AND WEALTH CLUB, INC., D. WRAY (1940), M. OSBORNE (1939), H. MACK, ASSOCIATED MINING CO.; CONSISTS OF 1 PATENTED AND 6(?) UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS OF 100 FT DEEP EACH WITH 400 FT OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND RAISES OFF THE MAIN SHAFT; ALSO ABOUT 600 FT OF TUNNELS, CROSSCUTS, STOPES AND SURFACE WORKINGS.

Comment (Location): DUE WEST OF BILLY MACK MOUNTAIN. INFO FROM LAND.ST :49, 01

Comment (Production): HAS PRODUCED SOME RICH ORE

Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED NEAR SURFACE. MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS; OREBODIES FOUND WITHIN AND ABOVE THE FLINTY, CHLORITIC, MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE.


References

Reference (Deposit): WILKINS, J., AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA. AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA AND NEVADA: CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS, P. 182.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 127.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 143.

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.


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