Mine detail: Maggie Mine

Previously called 'Artillery MountainMaggie CanyonArtillery Peak'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.34587, -113.65106

Resource(B)

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Calcium
Ore: Hollandite, Manganite, Psilomelane, Wad
Gangue: Calcite
Orebody form: TABULAR, STRATIFORM
Discovery year: 1856

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1954
First production started: 1951
Last production ended: 1957

Geology

Host rock:Chapin Wash Sandstone
Host type:Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:Faulting
Alteration processes:Supergene Enrichment

References

MRDSM003656
DEP10102532
Reference{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843, P. 44.}{Deposit:: HEWITT, D.F., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 871, P. 81 - 3.}{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., AND WEBBER, B.N., 1949, MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 961.}{Deposit:: MOUAT, M.M., 1962, MANGANESE OXIDES FROM THE ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS AREA, ARIZONA: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 47, NOS. 5 & 6, P. 745.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Production:: U.S.B.M. I.F. 7843, P. 44 - 5.}{Reserve-Resource:: ; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
ReporterJohnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.