American Manganese Mine

The American Manganese Mine is a manganese mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,848 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: American Manganese Mine
Secondary: New Doughboy
Secondary: Dunkirk and Kentucky Claims
Secondary: Irene Vein

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Zinc

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

Not available

Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1952 - 1954
Material type: MN ACT
Description: Cp_Grade: ^30 To 34% Mn
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942 - 1944
Material type: ZN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.5% Zn
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942 - 1944
Material type: MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^27 To 41% Mn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
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

Type: L
Description: E Trending Irene Vein Extends I From The Mine Area.Both Nw And Ne Trending Faults Bound Small Block Of Martin. W Of Mine, Dripping Springs Quartzite And Pioneer Formation Strike Nw, Dip 40-50 Sw.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Geology): THE HIGHER GRADE ORE IN THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN STRANDS OF DIFFERENT SIZE SURROUNDED BY UNMINERALIZED LIMESTONE. NO SCHULTZE GRANITE ON GEOLOGIC MAP, BUT GRANITE REPORTED IN WORKINGS.

Comment (Development): THE AMERICAN MANGANESE OR NEW DOUGHBOY CONSISTS OF TWO CLAIMS, THE DUNKIRK AND KENTUCKY, WHICH ARE PART OF A LARGER GROUP OF 8 CLAIMS, THE DOUGHBOY, OWNED BY ANTON TROJANOVICH. THE CLAIMS WERE OPERATED IN THE EARLY 1940'S BY THE AMERICAN MANGANESE CO. (TROJANOVICH, PRESIDENT), IN THE LATE 1940'S BY COMSTOCK EXTENSION MINING CO. AND IN THE 1950'S BY GLOBE-MIAMI COPPER ZINC CORP.

Comment (Workings): EARLY WORK CONSISTED OF AN OPENCUT AND AN ADIT.

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 46.

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 46.

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