Mine detail: Crescent Deposit

Previously called 'Tarr and Harper MineOrson Branch PropertyPutnam Wash DepositSan Pedro Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.8376, -110.73179

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1917-1954
First production started:	1917

Geology

Host rock:	Mescal Limestone;Troy Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite,Sand and Gravel,Limestone,Granite
Structure:	Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults., Small Thrust Fault Bringing Limestone Over Quartzite
Tectonic:	Basin And Range.

References

MRDS	M050198
DEP	10088604
Reference	{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L.A., DELONG, C. W., 1961, U.S. BUREAU MINES I.C. 7990}{Deposit:: JONES, E.L., JR., AND RANSOME, F.L., 1920, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710}{Deposit:: KRIEGER, M.H., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-670.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., AND BUTLER, G.M., 1930, MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA, ARIZ BUR MINES, BULL 127, P. 87-89.}{Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP KRIEGER, M.H., GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-67}{Production:: FARNHAM, L. L., ET. AL. 1961}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo)