The Mineral Farm Mine is a manganese and copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 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: 4,249 Feet (1,295 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Copper
Lat, Long: 33.44639, -110.77000
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Mineral Farm Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mineral Farm Mine
Secondary: Bennett
Secondary: Moonlight
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
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
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1953
Material type: MN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^21.8 % Mn
Year: 1953
Material type: MN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^25.2 % Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1878
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: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Sulfates Are Closely Associated With And Appear To Replace The Carbonates
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Manganite
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Ankerite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): MOONLIGHT & MINERAL FARM GROUP WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF 21 CLAIMS CALLED THE MINERAL FARM OR EAGLE PASS GROUP, INCLUDING BIG IRON, VACEY CONSTANCE & IRON HIVE GROUPS. THE COMPLEXTE GROUP WAS OPERATED BY MINERAL FARM CO IN 1900'S, GLOBE MINING (1913), & MOLINE & ARIZONA (1917). MINERAL FARM CO SAID TO HAVE SHIPPED SILVER ORE, MOLINE & ARIZONA SHIPPED CU-AG ORE. TEN OF THE MOONLIGHT-MINERAL FARM CLAIMS CURRENTLY OWNED BY JOHN R. BACON (1951) & 2 OWNED BY F.A. SITTON, BOTH OF WHOM HAVE SHIPPED MN ORE.
Comment (Deposit): ABOVE DESCRIPTION IS FOR THE MANGANESE DEPOSIT. THE COPPER-SILVER DEPOSIT (YUMA VEIN) STRIKES N40E AND DIPS STEEPLY NORTHWEST
Comment (Workings): THE YUMA VEIN HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY A 1200 FT SHAFT AND A 160 FT TUNNEL. MOST OF THE MANGANESE PRODUCTION IS FROM SHALLOW PITS AND OPEN CUTS
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS FROM THE MOONLIGHT VEIN & THE MINERAL FARM CLAIMS NO. 4 .
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N. P., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 131 .
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 59 .
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., BUTLER, G. M., 1930 , MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN ARIZOA: ABM BULLETIN 127 , P. 62 .
Reference (Deposit): ADMR MOLINE AND ARIZONA FILE
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE (MOLINE AND ARIZONA; GLOBE MINING)
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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