Marguette & Arizona Mine

The Marguette & Arizona Mine is a manganese mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,692 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: Marguette & Arizona Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation: 4,692 Feet (1,430 Meters)

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 31.35889, -109.79417

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Marguette & Arizona Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Marguette & Arizona Mine


Commodity

Primary: Manganese


Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Gold Hill 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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Shattuck Family And Earnest Beyer
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: Marguette And Arizona Copper Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Psilomelane


Comments

Comment (Production): TWO CARLOADS OF SORTED MANGANESE OXIDES IN 1917-1918 AND A FEW TRUCK LOADS IN 1954.

Comment (Development): GROUP OF MORE THAN 30 PATENTED CLAIMS, MOST MANGANESE ORE WAS FOUND ON TWO CLAIMS

Comment (Workings): LARGEST OPEN CUT IS ABOUT 80 FT LONG, 6 TO 8 FT WIDE, AND 4 TO 8 FT DEEP, MUCH OF THE MATERIAL REMOVED WAS REJECTED AS WASTE. ALSO THERE ARE TWO SHALLOW CUTS ABOUT 40 FT APART, ONE IS 15 FT LONG, THE OTHER IS ABOUT 30 FT LONG

Comment (Geology): SMALL MANGANESE NODULES ARE WIDESPREAD IN THE CONGLOMERATE

Comment (Deposit): ORE IN STRINGERS, VEINLETS, AND SMALL IRREGULAR BUNCHES ALONG FISSURE ZONES IN CONGLOMERATE. ANOTHER DEPOSIT STRIKES N15W AND DIPS STEEPLY WESTWARD, IT IS EXPOSED FOR A LENGTH OF 80 FT OR MORE, AND THE MINERALIZED INTERVALS RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 FT IN WIDTH. PSILOMELANE OCCURS IN NARROW STRINGERS AND SMALL, IRREGULAR BUNCHES


References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 88.

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, 1961, USBM IC 7990, P. 22-23

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.


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