Darius Mine

The Darius Mine is a manganese mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,825 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: Darius Mine

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Copper

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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Miami Copper Co.
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: F. A.Sitton
Years: 1953 -

Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1953 - 1954
Material type: MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20.7 % Mn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BATCH-SCALE, SINK-AND-FLOAT, FLOTATION AND SULFUR DIOXIDE LEACHING TESTS WERE MADE ON A COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF BROKEN ORE. THE SAMPLE WEIGHED ABOUT 350 LBS. AND ASSAYED 19 % MN, 38 % CACO3 , 0.98 % PB, 1.70 % ZN, AND 0.07 % CU

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF BUFFALO GULCH

Comment (Production): THE FRIST MN ORE WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED DURING WORLD WAR II, THE AMOUNT AND GRADE OF THESE SHIPMENTS ARE NOT KNOWN

Comment (Workings): TWO OLD INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS HAD BEEN SUNK, EVIDENTLY THIS WORK HAD BEEN DONE DECADES EARLIER IN A SEARCH OF COPPER-SILER ORES

Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY ONE OF THE CLAIMS OF THE OLD DOMINION

References

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 48

Reference (Production): USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 48

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