The American Manganese Mine is a manganese mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,848 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: 3,848 Feet (1,173 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.43389, -110.79639
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American Manganese Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Manganese Mine
Secondary: New Doughboy
Secondary: Dunkirk and Kentucky Claims
Secondary: Irene Vein
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1952 - 1954
Material type: MN ACT
Description: Cp_Grade: ^30 To 34% Mn
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942 - 1944
Material type: ZN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.5% Zn
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942 - 1944
Material type: MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^27 To 41% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
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
Type: L
Description: E Trending Irene Vein Extends I From The Mine Area.Both Nw And Ne Trending Faults Bound Small Block Of Martin. W Of Mine, Dripping Springs Quartzite And Pioneer Formation Strike Nw, Dip 40-50 Sw.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Geology): THE HIGHER GRADE ORE IN THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN STRANDS OF DIFFERENT SIZE SURROUNDED BY UNMINERALIZED LIMESTONE. NO SCHULTZE GRANITE ON GEOLOGIC MAP, BUT GRANITE REPORTED IN WORKINGS.
Comment (Development): THE AMERICAN MANGANESE OR NEW DOUGHBOY CONSISTS OF TWO CLAIMS, THE DUNKIRK AND KENTUCKY, WHICH ARE PART OF A LARGER GROUP OF 8 CLAIMS, THE DOUGHBOY, OWNED BY ANTON TROJANOVICH. THE CLAIMS WERE OPERATED IN THE EARLY 1940'S BY THE AMERICAN MANGANESE CO. (TROJANOVICH, PRESIDENT), IN THE LATE 1940'S BY COMSTOCK EXTENSION MINING CO. AND IN THE 1950'S BY GLOBE-MIAMI COPPER ZINC CORP.
Comment (Workings): EARLY WORK CONSISTED OF AN OPENCUT AND AN ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 46.
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 46.
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