The Sue Manganese Mine is a gold, manganese, and copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 551 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 551 Feet (168 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Manganese, Copper
Lat, Long: 34.19333, -114.21167
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Sue Manganese Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sue Manganese Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Cienega District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Harry Osborne
Years: 1966 -
Production
Year: 1963
Time Period: 1860-1963
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3.5 % Cu, 0.2 Oz Au/Ton, 0.1 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Year Last Production: 1963
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults
Type: L
Description: Close To Thrust Fault Zone?
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Iron Oxide
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: H. OSBORNE (1957), HEALTH AND WEALTH CLUB, INC., D. WRAY (1940), M. OSBORNE (1939), H. MACK, ASSOCIATED MINING CO.; CONSISTS OF 1 PATENTED AND 6(?) UNPATENTED CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS OF 100 FT DEEP EACH WITH 400 FT OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND RAISES OFF THE MAIN SHAFT; ALSO ABOUT 600 FT OF TUNNELS, CROSSCUTS, STOPES AND SURFACE WORKINGS.
Comment (Location): DUE WEST OF BILLY MACK MOUNTAIN. INFO FROM LAND.ST :49, 01
Comment (Production): HAS PRODUCED SOME RICH ORE
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED NEAR SURFACE. MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS; OREBODIES FOUND WITHIN AND ABOVE THE FLINTY, CHLORITIC, MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILKINS, J., AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA. AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA AND NEVADA: CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS, P. 182.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 127.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 143.
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.
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