Maggie Mine, Artillery Mountains

The Maggie Mine, Artillery Mountains is a manganese mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,159 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: Maggie Mine, Artillery Mountains
Secondary: Maggie Mine,Artillery Mountains
Secondary: Artillery Mountains
Secondary: Artillery Peak
Secondary: Maggie
Secondary: Maggie Canyon

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Artillery Mountains

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

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Arizona Manganese Corp.
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Milling Method: Leach-Precipitation
Year First Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1856
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Wad

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SINCE THE DOMESTIC STEEL INDUSTRY IS ALMOST TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN IMPORTS OF MANGANESE, THE PROPERTY COULD BE DEVELOPED AT A SUBSIDIZED PRICE IN THE EVENT OF A CRITICAL SUPPLY SHORTAGE. MANGANESE-BEARING MATERIAL UNDERLIES A 25-SQUARE-MI AREA IN THE VALLEY BETWEEN THE ARTILLERY AND RAWHIDE MOUNTAINS.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE RESERVE FIGURE WAS CALCULATED USING THE TRIANGLE METHOD OF ORE RESERVE ESTIMATION.

Comment (Geology): OTHER IRON OXIDES ARE ALSO PRESENT.

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HAZEN, S.W., JR. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STATISTICAL

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ANALYSIS AND OTHER METHODS OF COMPUTING ORE RESERVES,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): UTILIZING ANALYTICAL DATA FROM MAGGIE CANYON MANGANESE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSIT, ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): EDLUND, V.E., AND R.S.LANG. SINTERING AND SMELTING MANGANESE

Reference (Deposit): CONCENTRATES FROM MAGGIE CANYON ORE, ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS

Reference (Deposit): AREA, ARIZONA, RI 5939, 1962, 27 PP.

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G. AND B.N. WEBBER. MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE

Reference (Deposit): ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA. U.S.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 961, 1949, 86 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA. BUMINES RI6438

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ARIZONA. BUMINES RI 5375, 1958, 188 PP.

Reference (Deposit): ELKINS, D.A., ESTIMATED COST OF EXPLOITING ENRICHED HARD

Reference (Deposit): MANGANESE ORE FROM THE MAGGIE CANYON DEPOSIT, ARTILLERY

Reference (Deposit): 1964, 78 PP.

Reference (Deposit): RAMPACEK, C., H.C. FULLER AND J.B. CLEMMER. OPERATION OF A

Reference (Deposit): DITHIONATE-PROCESS PILOT PLANT FOR LEACHING MANGANESE ORE

Reference (Deposit): FROM MAGGIE CANYON DEPOSIT, ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION,

Reference (Deposit): MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, RI 5508, 1959, 54 PP.

Reference (Deposit): KUMKE, C.A., C.K. ROSE, F.D. EVERETT AND S.W. HAZEN, JR.

Reference (Deposit): MINING INVESTIGATIONS OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE MAGGIE

Reference (Deposit): CANYON AREA, ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA, RI 5292, 1957, 87 PP.

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