Mine detail: New Orleans Mine

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Location: Gila County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.45008, -110.76402
dep_id: 10027348
mrds_id: M002929
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Productive Deposit Occurs Along A Fault Zone At The Contact Between Diabase And Quartzite
ore_ctrl: The Higher Grade Ore Was Localized Along The Footwall Next To The Quartzite In Short Irregular Strands Ranging From 1 To 3 Feet In Width. Parallel And Interlacing Seams And Stringers Of Manganese Mineral Seperated By Altered Diabase Occupied The Footwall
Reporter: Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_type: Diabase
Year first produced: 1953
References:
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 61
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