Mine detail: Alamo Queen Mine

Previously called 'Manganosite'

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Location: Mohave County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.33171, -113.64856
dep_id: 10027684
mrds_id: M003819
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Manganite, Psilomelane
orebody_fm: SEAMS AND SMALL PODLIKE MASSES
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Manganese-Bearing Fractures Range From Fraction Of An Inch To Several Inches Wide, The Podlike Masses Are Occasionally Several Feet In Diameter.
Reporter: Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)
hrock_type: Basalt
prod_yrs: 1955
References:
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 3
  • Production:: U.S.B.M. I.C. 7843 P. 38
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