Mine detail: Manganese Prospects

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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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