Mine detail: Crow Claims

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Location: Graham County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.74178, -109.24175
dep_id: 10026949
mrds_id: M001257
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Psilomelane
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR/IRREGULAR BUNCHES
work_type: Surface
alteration: Surface Oxidation
conc_proc: Mineralization Along Fracture Zones And Concentration In Irregular Bunches
ore_ctrl: Manganese Minerals Occur In 2 N-Trending Fractures That Cut Fine-Grained Volcanic Rock
Reporter: Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_unit: Tertiary Volcanic Flows
arock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure: Steep Northerly Trending Zones Of Shearing And Brecciation In Volcanic Rocks, Manganese Deposits Form Lenticular Bodies Composed Of A Network Of Narrow Seams And Small Irregular Bunches Of Oxides Deposited Around Fragments Of Country Rock
disc_yr: 1951
discr: C.M. Magill
References:
  • 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. 105.
  • Deposit:: USBM FILES, CROW GROUP.
  • Production:: U.S.B.M. I.C. 7990.
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