Manganese King group, Sheridan Mountains, Cimarron Mining District (Salt Well Mining District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 25' 38'' North , 112° 7' 35'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anegam | 151 (2011) | 10.8km |
| Santa Rosa | 628 (2011) | 14.0km |
| Kaka | 141 (2011) | 20.1km |
| Maish Vaya | 158 (2011) | 28.9km |
| Wahak Hotrontk | 114 (2011) | 35.3km |
Ref.: Farnham, L.L., Stewart, L.A., and Delong, C.W. (1961), Manganese Deposits of Eastern Arizona, US Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7990: 112-113.
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 115 (Table 4).
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10102391, MRDS ID #M000020l; and, Dep. ID #10137619, MAS ID #0040190021.
A former small surface and underground Mn-W mine/claim group located in the NW ¼ sec. 36, T.11S., R.2E., in the Sheridan Mountains, 9 miles NW of Gu Achi. Discovered 1955. Owned at times, or in part, by Struckmeyer; Young; Price & Dorsey; and the Manganese King Mining Co.
Mineralization is ore in lenses, irregular bands, pods, and erratic psilomelane, wad, and soft manganese oxides with some calcite and hematite in a Paleozoic limestone bed. The ore zone strikes NE and dips 30NW. Ore control was limestone and some fractured areas. An associated rock unit is granite.
Local structures include NW-trending fractures that dip steeply NE. A thrust fault greatly contorts beds locally.
Workings include shallow shafts and open cuts with the overall length of the workings at 13.72 meters and a depth of 16.46 meters. Some 580 long tons of sorted 30% Mn ore were produced in 1955.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Psilomelane' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Wad' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10102391 |
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USA
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