Mine detail: American Mine

Previously called 'American Black Nugget'

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Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.7595, -113.22215
dep_id: 10027588
mrds_id: M003448
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: STRANDS, SEAMS
Reporter: Gere, W., Harner, Joy L., Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Andesite
disc_yr: 1939
discr: M.B. Webb And John Rogers
References:
  • Deposit:: USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 618-AMERICAN MINE.
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7843.
  • 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.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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