The Marguette & Arizona Mine is a manganese mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,692 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: 4,692 Feet (1,430 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 31.35889, -109.79417
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Marguette & Arizona Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marguette & Arizona Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Gold Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Shattuck Family And Earnest Beyer
Years: 1961 -
Owner Name: Marguette And Arizona Copper Co.
Production
Not available
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Production): TWO CARLOADS OF SORTED MANGANESE OXIDES IN 1917-1918 AND A FEW TRUCK LOADS IN 1954.
Comment (Development): GROUP OF MORE THAN 30 PATENTED CLAIMS, MOST MANGANESE ORE WAS FOUND ON TWO CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): LARGEST OPEN CUT IS ABOUT 80 FT LONG, 6 TO 8 FT WIDE, AND 4 TO 8 FT DEEP, MUCH OF THE MATERIAL REMOVED WAS REJECTED AS WASTE. ALSO THERE ARE TWO SHALLOW CUTS ABOUT 40 FT APART, ONE IS 15 FT LONG, THE OTHER IS ABOUT 30 FT LONG
Comment (Geology): SMALL MANGANESE NODULES ARE WIDESPREAD IN THE CONGLOMERATE
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN STRINGERS, VEINLETS, AND SMALL IRREGULAR BUNCHES ALONG FISSURE ZONES IN CONGLOMERATE. ANOTHER DEPOSIT STRIKES N15W AND DIPS STEEPLY WESTWARD, IT IS EXPOSED FOR A LENGTH OF 80 FT OR MORE, AND THE MINERALIZED INTERVALS RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 FT IN WIDTH. PSILOMELANE OCCURS IN NARROW STRINGERS AND SMALL, IRREGULAR BUNCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 88.
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, 1961, USBM IC 7990, P. 22-23
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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