Mine detail: Mesa Manganese Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

34.28171, -113.84634

Resource(B)

Primary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Limestone, General
Ore:	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Limestone
Orebody form:	PODLIKE MASSES, SEAMS, VEINLETS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1954

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone,Limestone
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Tert Volcanic Rocks Overlie Possibly Mesozoic Metavolcanic And Metasedimentary Rocks. Small Outcropping Of Precambrian Plutonic Rock East Of Mine, Ns Trending Normal Fault Near Mine, Downthrown Side To West

References

MRDS	M003863
DEP	10027697
Reference	{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L. L. AND L. A. STEWART, 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 52}{Deposit:: SUNESON, 1980, THE ORIGIN OF BIMODAL VOLCANISM, WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA, PHD THESIS, UNIV. OF CALIF. SANTA BARBARA}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: U.S.B.M. I.F. 7843 , P. 52}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.