Iron Hive Mine

The Iron Hive Mine is a manganese mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 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

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Site Name

Primary: Iron Hive Mine

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills 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/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1954
Material type: MN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^22.7 % Mn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1954
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane

Comments

Comment (Development): THE IRON HIVE GROUP CONSISTS OF TWO CONTIGUOUS CLAIMS WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY PART OF A LARGER GROUP, THE MINERAL FARM, OWNED BY MOLINE AND ARIZONA COPPER CO. IN THE 1920'S. THE IRON HIVE WAS SOLD IN THE 1930'S TO F.A.BENNET AND IN 1953 TO F.A.SITTON.

Comment (Workings): THE ORE WAS MINED FROM SEVERAL SCATTERED OPEN CUTS AND SHALLOW ADIT WORKINGS. THE DEPOSIT WAS EXPLORED AT GREATER DEPTH BY THREE OR MORE-ROTARY-DRILL HOLES ABOUT 4 IN. IN DIAMETER.

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE:MOLINE-ARIZONA; GLOBE MINING CO

Reference (Production): USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 54

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 127, P. 62

Reference (Deposit): ADMR MOLINE AND ARIZONA FILE

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 53 .

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 342, P. 131

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