Mine detail: Priceless Mine

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Location: Mohave County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.31421, -113.57244
dep_id: 10027640
mrds_id: M003653
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Coronadite, Hollandite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Hypogene Origin
ore_ctrl: Supergene, Hard Manganese Oxides, Psilomelane And Manganite Deposited Along Nw Trending Fractures.
Reporter: Johnson, K. H., Creasey, S. C.
prod_yrs: 1953 - 1956
References:
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 32
  • Deposit:: LASKY, S.G. AND WEBBER, B.N., 1949 , MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 961
  • Deposit:: MOUAT, M.M., 1962 , MANGANESE OXIDES FROM THE ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS AREA, ARIZONA: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 47 , NOS. 5 & 6 , P. 744
  • Production:: USBM I.C. 7834, P. 31-2
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