Mine detail: Gila Hot Springs Group

Previously called 'Pyrolusite No. 1 Lode Mining ClaimHult Pyrolusite Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.97288, -109.34093

Resource(B)

Primary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Pyrolusite, Wad
Orebody form:	LENSES, IRREGULAR PODS
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Conglomerate
Associated rock:	Gila Conglomerate
Associated type:	Conglomerate
Structure:	Substantial Fracturing Of Gila Conglomerate; Fractures Strike A Few Degrees Nw And Cut The Gently Dipping Sedimentary Beds At High Angles, 2 Most Extensive Deposits Are Located On The Northernmost And Southernmost Fractures
Tectonic:	Gila River Plain
Alteration processes:	Minor

References

MRDS	M000693
DEP	10026874
Reference	{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 98 - 99.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES; GILA HOT SPRINGS CLAIM, PYROLUSITE NO. .1}{Deposit:: ARIZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, PYROLUSITE NO. 1 - LODE MINING CLAIM.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Calder, Susan R.