The American Mine is a manganese mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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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
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American Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Mine
Secondary: American Black Nugget
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Northfleet Knabe
Years: 1954 -
Owner Name: F. L . Robinson
Years: 1954 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
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: STRANDS, SEAMS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS OR FRACTURES RANGING FROM 1 TO 5 M WIDE AND SEPARATED BY INTERVALS OF 60 TO 150 M. WEST VEIN IS 50 M LONG, CENTRAL VEIN IS 60 M, EAST VEIN IS 150 M LONG.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Development): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): MN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN 3 ZONES, SEPARATED BY 200 TO 500 FEET. MN OXIDES IN STRANDS AND NARROW SEAMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 618-AMERICAN MINE.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7843.
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.
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