The Kat Head Mine is a manganese mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Kat Head Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kat Head Mine
Secondary: Black Diamond
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Aguila 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
Owner Name: Northfleet Knabe
Years: 1958 -
Owner Name: R. E. Hill
Years: 1954 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE IN TWO VEINS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET APART.
Comment (Location): 13 MILES S OF AGUILA, EAST OF TIGER WASH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Production): MAY HAVE PRODUCED SMALL AMOUNT OF SORTED ORE IN WWI
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED: NORTHFLEET KNABE, R.E. HILL. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT 5 TO 10 FEET DEEP
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WWI
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843.
Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 622-KAT HEAD MINE
Reference (Production): FARNHAM AND STEWART, 1958
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