The Pointing Cactus Group is a manganese mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,801 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: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.63222, -111.73972
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Pointing Cactus Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pointing Cactus Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Sawtooth District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: Isaac Nichols, G.E. Grier
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1953
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: VEINLETS, PODS, LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MUCH OF THE ORE ON THESE CLAIMS CONTAINS UP TO 1.75 PCT. CU MAKING THE MN ORE MUCH LESS DESIRABLE. HIGH CU ON CLAIMS 2 AND 6. BETTER MN ORE ON CLAIM 1. HIGH MN CONTENT (42.5) ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH CU VALUES.
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Production): SOME ORE IS TOO HIGH IN CU TO MAKE IT ECONOMIC. ITEM 2 IS THIS TYPE.
Comment (Development): MINES INACTIVE IN 1956 ; ECON.COM: GOOD ROAD ACCESS EXCEPT LAST 3 MILES WHICH ARE PRIMITIVE TRUCK TRAIL.
Comment (Workings): ON CLAIM 1: 30 FT. VERT. SHAFT. CLAIM 6: OPEN CUT CLAIM 2: OPENCUT 15 BY 4 BY 6 FT. DEEP. CLAIM 5: OPENCUT 20 BY 6 BY 14 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SERIES OF NE TRENDING FRACTURES CONTAINING MN MINERALS CUT RHYOLITIC ROCKS. MINERALIZATION SURROUNDS BRECCIA FRAGMENTS, WHERE PRESENT.
Comment (Deposit): POINTING CACTUS GROUP IS COMPRISED OF 5 ADJOINING UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., DELONG, C.W., 1961, U.S. BUREAU MINES I.C. 7990
Reference (Deposit): 1961 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU MINES, I.C. 799
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., ET.AL.
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