Location: | La Paz County, Arizona, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 33.35618, -113.47632 |
dep_id: | 10027213 |
mrds_id: | M002492 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Manganese |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Pyrolusite |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
ore_ctrl: | Several Short, Flat-Dipping, Manganiferous Veins In Volcanic Breccia Outcrop From Beneath A Mantle Of Gravels. These Veins Range From Nearly Pure Pyrolusite To About One-Half Brecciated, Chalcedonic Quartz. The Purest Veins Range From A Few Inches To About One Foot Thick, But The More Siliceous Ones In Places Are Ten Feet Thick And Form Outcrops 100 Feet Long By Fifty Feet Wide |
Reporter: | Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) |
hrock_type: | Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
References: |
- WILSON, F.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 14
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