Mine detail: Sambo Aguila Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.812, -113.05354

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	LENSE
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:

Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff

References

MRDS	M003422
DEP	10027581
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NUMBER 654-SAMBO AGUILA MINE}{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843. P 16-17.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Harner, Joy L., Bolm, Karen S.