Mine detail: Yucca Mine

Previously called 'Santa Fe Manganese MineChapin ManganeseJ H Jones Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.63586, -114.37524

Resource(B)

Primary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone,Andesite
Structure:	Tert Volcanic Flows Strike Nw, Dip 30 Sw, Nw Faults Throughout Area, Fault, N75w, Vertical Dip

References

MRDS	M004411
DEP	10027898
Reference	{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L. L. AND STEWART, L. A., 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 55.}{Deposit:: ABM BULLETIN 127, 1930, P. 78-81.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: USBM IC 7843.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.