Knabe No. 4 Mine

The Knabe No. 4 Mine is a manganese mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Knabe No. 4 Mine

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Aguila District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Owner Name: Northfleet Knabe
Years: 1958 -

Owner Name: F. A. Sitton And J. E. Robinette

Production

Year: 1953
Time Period: 1952-1953
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Low Grade, Yielded 1000 To 2000 Tons Of Screened Material Of 15 To 20 Percent Mn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1951
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: FISSURE FILLINGS, IRREGULAR MASSES, NETWORK OF NARROW SEAMS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): 2 OPEN PITS EACH 600 SQ FT IN AREA

Comment (Geology): ORE IN 2 FRACTURE ZONES, MN OXIDES AS FISSURE FILLINGS AND IRREGULAR MASSES AND IN A NETWORK OF NARROW SEAMS

Comment (Deposit): 2 FRACTURE ZONES IN BRECCIATED GRANITE.

Comment (Location): 3 MILES E OF BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Production): IDLE IN 1954

References

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS IN WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843.

Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NUMBER 604-KNABE NO. 4 MINE.

Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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