The Burmister Mine is a manganese mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,501 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
Elevation: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.32556, -112.07944
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Burmister Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burmister Mine
Secondary: Black Magic
Secondary: Bunker
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Black Magic District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1917 - 1942
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^50 - 53 % Mn
Year: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^52 % Mn
Year: 1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^44.56 % Mn, 0.92 % Fe, 6.77 % Silica, 1.23 % P
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: NODULES IN HORIZONTAL LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIMS ARE LOCATED IN SE 1/4 OF SECTION 17
Comment (Workings): 4 SHAFTS AND 4 ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 63 - 4
Reference (Deposit): JONES, E.L. JR. AND RANSOME, F.L., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 710-D, P. 177
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