Keeley Cure Mine

The Keeley Cure Mine is a manganese mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,321 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

Name: Keeley Cure Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Gila

Elevation: 4,321 Feet (1,317 Meters)

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 33.4675, -110.78833

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Keeley Cure Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Keeley Cure Mine


Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: T. J. Watts Family
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: Otto Malone
Years: 1954 -


Production

Year: 1954
Material type: MN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^26.4% Mn


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1905
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: The Claims Are Traversed By Several Manganiferous Fault Fissures Cutting Diabase


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Development): 10 CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED CLAIMS


References

Reference (Production): USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 77.

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 78


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