Globe Manganese Mine

The Globe Manganese Mine is a manganese mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,101 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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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Site Name

Primary: Globe Manganese Mine
Secondary: Globe Commercial Copper Mine
Secondary: California Group
Secondary: American Group

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Iron

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/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: T. W. Kimble
Years: 1961 -

Production

Year: 1957
Time Period: 1916-1957
Material type: MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^30% Mn
Year: 1945
Material type: MN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^33.8% Mn
Year: 1945
Material type: MN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^30.1% Mn
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1942.1943
Material type: MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^34% Mn
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1916-1917
Material type: MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^16.7 To 35.5% Mn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1957
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: LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Pioneer Quartzite Strikes Ne, Dips 35-50se. Near Mine A N-S Trending Fault Intersects The Ene Mineralized Fault Fissures

Type: L
Description: Main (S) Fissure Has Quartzite Footwall And Diabase Hanging Wall

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE OUTPUT OF ORE WAS MINED FROM THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SOUTH FISSURE

Comment (Deposit): DISCONNECTED LENTICULAR ORE SHOOTS. VEINS BECOME MORE SILICEOUS 20 FT DEEP, AND MANGANESE CONTENT DIMINISHES

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE FOUR INCLINED SHAFTS AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS ALONG THE SOUTH FISSURE AND FOUR SHALLOW OPENINGS SCATTERED ALONG THE OUTCROP OF THE NORTH FISSURE

Comment (Geology): CONTINUATION OF NE FAULT ZONE WITH COPPER MINERALIZATION FURTHER SW. MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH ETERT POST-DIABASE FAULTING AND INTRUSION PERIOD.

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE SHIPPED IN 1916 AND 1917 WAS REPORTED TO CONTAIN ABOUT 2 OUNCES OF SILVER TO THE TON, AND A LITTLE ORE FROM THIS VEIN WAS MINED FOR ITS SILVER CONTENT DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE DISTRICT (1880'S) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): 7 PATENTED CLAIMS: CLAUDE, FIERRO, MANGANESE, SPEC, PICK, UNA, DICK; PROPERTY WAS ONCE OWNED BY GLOBE COMMERCIAL COPPER CO.; PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE T. J. LONG AND AL STOVALL (1942-1943), RALPH HENDERSON 1943), JOLYN ASSOCIATES (CHARLES H. JONAS, MANAGER, 1957)

References

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUR MINES BULL 127, P. 60

Reference (Production): USBM IC 7990, P. 62.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 710, P. 167

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 342, P. 133

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7990, P. 61

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