Keno Mine

The Keno Mine is a manganese mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,101 feet.

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About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Keno Mine

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Manganese

Lat, Long: 33.44889, -110.76083

Satelite image of the Keno Mine

Keno Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Keno Mine

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private

Holdings

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: F. A.Sitton
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: Mohave Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1958 -

Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1953 - 1954
Material type: MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20 % Mn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1885
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

Orebody

Form: PODS

Structure

Alterations

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite

Ore: Wad

Gangue: Quartz

Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: THE ORE BODIES RANGED FROM 3 TO 6 FEET IN WIDTH AND FROM A FEW FEET TO 20 FEET IN LENGTH. DEPOSIT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE MAGNET DEPOSIT
Comment Type: Workings	Comment: WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADIT AND INCLINED SHAFT, AND A FEW SHALLOW CUTS
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: THE BEST ORE WAS FORMED BY RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION AND DOWNWARD ENRICHMENT OF MANGANESE OXIDES AND DID NOT EXTEND BELOW A DEPTH OF ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THE SURFACE
Comment Type: Commodity	Comment: MN ORE NOT AMENABLE TO CONCENTRATION BY FLOTATION FROCESS DUE TO IRON OXIDE CONTENT
Comment Type: Development	Comment: KENO, A FRACTIONAL CLAIM, ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO THE SUPERIOR AND GLOBE MINING CO., ALONG WITH THE COPPER TRUST AND MAGNET GROUPS. IT ADJOINS THE NORTHEAST END OF THE MAGNET GROUP. THE KENO, ALONG WITH THE COPPER TRUST AND MAGNET, WAS SOLD IN THE 1920'S OR 1930'S TO F.A. BENNET AND THEN IN 1953 TO F.A.SITTON. CLAIM WAS FIRST MINED IN 1940'S BUT DID NOT SHIP UNTIL 1953
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: Discovery Year: 1880'S

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: USGS PP 342, P. 132
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ABM BULL 127
Reference Category: Production	Reference: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 66
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 66 .
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: USGS BULL 710, P. 168