Mine detail: Mineral Farm Mine

Previously called 'BennettMoonlight'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.44647, -110.77069

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese, Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Ankerite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Manganite, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1878

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1918
Last production ended:	1953

Geology

Associated type:	Diabase
Alteration processes:	The Sulfates Are Closely Associated With And Appear To Replace The Carbonates

References

MRDS	M003167
DEP	10027475
Reference	{Deposit:: PETERSON, N. P., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 131 .}{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 59 .}{Deposit:: WILSON, E. D., BUTLER, G. M., 1930 , MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN ARIZOA: ABM BULLETIN 127 , P. 62 .}{Deposit:: ADMR MOLINE AND ARIZONA FILE}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE (MOLINE AND ARIZONA; GLOBE MINING)}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)