Mine detail: Sue Manganese Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.19337, -114.21246

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese, Copper, Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Ore: Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1925
Last production ended: 1963

Geology

Host type:Quartzite
Associated type:Basalt
Structure:Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults, Close To Thrust Fault Zone?
Tectonic:Block Faulting
Alteration processes:Minor Iron Oxide

References

MRDSM004243
DEP10027864
Reference{Deposit:: ABM BULL 137, P. 127.}{Deposit:: ABGMT BULL 192, P. 143.}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: WILKINS, J., AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA. AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA AND NEVADA: CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS, P. 182.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.}
ReporterGere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.