Mine detail: Sylvia M Claims

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Location

Lat / long: 33.20788, -109.38815

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Ore: Pyrolusite, Wad
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: STRINGERS, IRREGULAR BUNCHES
Discovery year: 1953

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Narrow Belts Of Carboniferous Limestone Surrounded By Tertiary Volcanic Flows, Limestone Beds Occupy Western End Of A Comparatively Narrow Belt Of Carboniferous Rocks That Extends Se To The Oliver Group Of Claims
Tectonic:Transition Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces
Alteration processes:Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths

References

MRDSM001670
DEP10026996
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. 97 .}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, SYLVIA M. CLAIMS}{Deposit:: BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.}
ReporterJohnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Calder, Susan R.