The Apache Manganese Mine is a manganese and copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Copper
Lat, Long: 33.79361, -110.69500
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Apache Manganese Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Apache Manganese Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Cobalt
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1955
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.25 % Cu
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1939 - 1943
Description: Cp_Grade: ^45.3 To 48.7 %
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.1OZS. OF SILVER PER TON.
Analytical Data: AND 0.19 % CU
Analytical Data: 3.6 % CACO3
Analytical Data: THE SAMPLE FROM THE SOUTH OPENING CONTAINED 9.0 % MANGANESE, THAT FROM THE LARGEST OPENCUT ASSAYED 8.5 %, AND THE SAMPLE FROM THE NORTHERN MOST DEPOSIT CONTAINED 8.4 % MANGANESE. COMPOSITE SAMPLE WEIGHED ABOUT 400 POUNDS AND CONTAINED 8.4 % MN
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Wad
Ore: Erythrite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P.
Reference (Production): BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 .
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, R. T., 1968 ,MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 177, P. 36 .
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