The Maggie Mine is a manganese mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,201 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: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.34583, -113.65028
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Maggie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maggie Mine
Secondary: Artillery Mountain
Secondary: Maggie Canyon
Secondary: Artillery Peak
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Calcium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Artillery Peak 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/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^16.2 % Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1856
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, STRATIFORM
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Supergene Enrichment
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS 1947 : MN-- 11.0% , 13.5%, 14.8%, 14.0 %.
Materials
Ore: Hollandite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Manganite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE 1958 RESERVE FIGURE WAS CALCULATED USING THE TRIANGLE METHOD OF ORE RESERVE ESTIMATION.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS A MIXTURE OF LOW-GRADE, AMORPHOUS, WADLIKE OXIDES AND ENRICHED PORTIONS. ORE IS CONTAINED IN FRIABLE TO COMPACT SILTSTONE, SANDSTONE, AND CONGLOMERATE; CLAY AND MUDSTONE; AND HARD ORE THAT IS A SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT OF THE SANDSTONE ORE. DEPOSIT IS IN ALLUVIAL FAN AND PLAYA DEPOSITS OF EARLY PLIOCENE AGE. MANGANESE-BEARING MATERIAL UNDERLIES A 25-SQUARE-MILE AREA IN THE VALLEY BETWEEN THE ARTILLERY AND RAWHIDE MTNS.
Comment (Workings): ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): SITE OF U.S.B.M. PROJECTS IN 1940 - 41 , 1949 - 51 . CONSISTING OF 2100 FEET OF 10 X 10 FOOT DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, DEVELOPING SIZABLE ORE IN UPPER ZONE OF CHAPIN WASH FM., ALONG WITH MANY DRILL HOLES, WORK IS DETAILED IN U.S.B.M. REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5292 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843, P. 44.
Reference (Deposit): HEWITT, D.F., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 871, P. 81 - 3.
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., AND WEBBER, B.N., 1949, MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 961.
Reference (Deposit): MOUAT, M.M., 1962, MANGANESE OXIDES FROM THE ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS AREA, ARIZONA: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 47, NOS. 5 & 6, P. 745.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.F. 7843, P. 44 - 5.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
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