I I I MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA I BY L. L. FARNHAM AND L. A. STEWART I * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Information Circular 7843 I I UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. WASHINGTON : 1958 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fred A. Seaton, Secretary BUREAU OF MINES , Morling I. Ankeny. Director For rale by the Superintendent of Documents. U. S. Government Printing OfUce Washington 25. D. C. - - - - Price 45 cents CONTENTS Page Summary and introduction ................... Description of deposits-Continued Acknonledgments......................... I\Ioha\.e County-Continued Physical features and climate ................. Artillerv Mountains repion-Continued Psilomelane group.. -~.................. Psilomelane h'o. 1.................. Psilomelane No. 4 .................. - . Black Jack ........................... History and production ................ Plnncha Mountain group. ............. Denison grorip ....................... Black Crow group (Xeilson) ........... Shoup group ......................... Black Warrior No. I1 (Murlev).. ......... Blue Ridge claims.. .................... Lnr;t Chance ......................... Lost Apache claim ...................... Blnck hIary .......................... Heber district. ......................... Polisbnitegroup ....................... Johnson and Hnyden deposit ............. Black Mollie ......................... hlaricopa County ......................... American. ............................ Aguila district .......... ...:. ....:.-- .... Ind~an.. ............................. History and production ................ Oversight.-. ......................... Snmho Aguiln group .................. Other de osits .................... Black Crow (Atkins or Alendow) ....... MW Rnn~iiea;~.................... oup ........................ Cnstemdn.. ......................... PumicefVnlley lew and Ynrnell groups ........ Black Burro.......................... Purple Pansy (Fugatt). ............... Pilot Rock area ....................... Kat Head............................ Yucca (Ssnta Fe) ..................... Black Rock group .................... Wickieup Queen (Emery group). ....... Black Bart ........................... Carrow prospect ...................... Knahe No. 4 .......................... Black Diamond ....................... Roadside ............................ ItV.- ......................... Black Nugget (U. S. group) ............ Iatton) ................... Black Queen (Armour group) ........... posits .................... Black Sue............................ Blue .rank district ...................... Blnck Raven nnd Cmw groups (Pitte- Black Rock group.................... Apacheburgh and grou g ) ....................... Blind Child .......................... ulcy claims (Gallagher and Black Dome ........................... Flynn groups) ...................... Black Buck ............................ American ............................ Cummings claims ....................... Knahe No.8 ......................... Fiscus and Mitchell claims............... Lions Den ........................... Burmister mine (Black Magic) ........... Webb claims ......................... Black Duke (Bob Allen claims) ........... hlohave County.......................... La McCoy group ....................... History ................................ Yuma County ............................ Production ............................. Northern Yumn County ................. Geology ............................... War Eagle (Iron King group). ......... Manganese occurrences .................. Black Crow group .................... Reserves ............................... Lucky group ......................... Artillery Mountains renion ............... Doyle mine (Last Resort) .............. hlohnve blining & hIiiling Co .......... Black Band (Manganese King group) -.. Priceless and Price groups ............. Black Bear .......................... Priceless pit ........................ S ring mine (Kaiserdoom group) ....... Mining methods .................... dangnnite.---- --..--- -.-- --. - - - - - - - - Pricc workings-. ................... Magnesite. .......................... World Mnn~anese Corp. (successor to 'Bouse (Plomoaa) district ................. F. A. Sitton) ..................... Blnck Bird ........................... Black Hills group..................... NeedleEye- ....................... Laurella claims ....................... Alamo Queen (Manganosite) ......... Linda I< ............................. Black Diamond group ............... Black Chief .......................... Black Eaele--. moun .................. Black Crust .......................... Shannon---------------.--------.-. Black Stud- ......................... Lane Star.......................... Black Beauty claims .................. Blossom group.. ................... Other clairrm ....................... Concentrating plants POUP-------------.------------- - ~ ................ Bird Hudy ............................... Cindy. - - --- --- --- -- ---------- - - -- --- Maggie mine ......................... Bhck Hawk ......................... Lake deposit----.-..---.------------- Black Beauty (Perry) ................. m CONTENTS Description of depusits-Continued Description of deposits-Continued Y uma County-Continued Yuma County-Continued Ccntral Yunm Countr.. .. .... .......... Central Yuma County-Continued Triuo district -.---............-.-..-.- Trigo district~continued History and production ...-.....---. 1.n Angora ......................... Cibala ~roup-..--. -- ...........--. Nntional Deht ................ ..... Hess, Hcss, and Lilly claims .....-.-.. Hidden Trensure (.\lngic group.. .... Penuv--- B claim .----.... .... .....---- Dreiser............................ Triple H ........................... Black Hawk (Livingston) ..-.....--.- Black Diamond group-............-- Black Dahlia .............--..--.-.- Andrus claims ..--...............--- hlontaya claims (Black Jack). .....-. Black Top .---............--.----.- ABC claims (Self mine) .--........... Black King ---.-..-.......--.----.- Fools Folly -.-...-.--.--.----...... Sheep Tanks --............---.--..- Metate ............................ Hovatter claims.. .. .. .... .-.......- ILLUSTRATIONS Pi. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~- 5. Locatton". ma~.'~euilndistrict kannanese denosits.. ............................................. 7. Manganese deposits of Mnhave County ........................................................ 8. Panoramic view of Artillery Mountains ......................................................... 9. I.urntion tnnp, mnjor nrt of Arlillery .\loul~tnins~~pion.. .. .. ... .. ... .. ... ... .. .. .. .... .. 10. Concrntr;,ting pinnr, ffolm\.e Alininn ct hlilling Co ... ..... .. ....................... .... .. .. ... 11. .\fill flotvshcct. hlulmvc hlininc & hli.litw Co ............. .. ...... ...... ................ ~.~ 13. View of Priceless pit ...-.........-........................................................... 14. Plan and section, McCregor it .......................................................... 15. Plog and section, major iliac! DC&~workings. ................ ....-......................... 16. Flowsheet of log-washing plant, World Manganese Corp .......................................... li. Concentrating plant, World Manganese Corp. ..............................................~.... 18. Mill flowsheet, World Manganese Corp......................................................... 19. Plan andsection.. Mnagie mine ................................................................ 20. Plan and section, Lake pit .................................................................... 21. 5lnngntlcse deprnits of Ynvnp:ti Counr?.. .. .. .. .......... .... .. .... .. .. .... .. ........ ..... 22. Geologic and topogrnphic mnp, llt~rn~istermine.. .... .. .. ................... ..... ...... ......... 23. hlanennese denozits of Yuma Countr.. .. .. .. .. ... .. ... ....... ........ .. ... .. ... ~ .~ 24. ~ketrhmnp, and section, Doyle' pit ........................................................ 25. Location map, manganese deposits in Central Trigo hlountains. ...-.--..-----.-.-.-..-.--.-.---- TABLE I. Arizona manganese production.. ........ ,. .. .. MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN Summnv and Introduction HIS PAPER is one of a series concerning the mineral resources of the Nation. It briefly describes most of the various known manganese de- Tposits of western Arizona, which for the purpose of this report is con- sidered to include the counties of Coconino, Maricopa, Xlohave, Yavapai, and Yuma. With very few exceptions, these descriptions are the result of field examinations by the writen. The location of the deposits is described by section, township, and range in surve ed nreas and by approximate projections of these subdivisions in un- surveyeiareas. The townsl~ipand range numbers refer to the Gila and Salt River base and meridian. This investigation was begun in March 1954, and during the following 2 ears a total of 115 deposits had been examined. The distribution of deposits counties is as follows: 7 in Coconino, 23 in Mnricopa, 32 in Mohave, 11 in avapal, and 42 in Yuma. The history, production, ownership, geologic setting, and mining methods are discussed for most of the deposits visited. Some deposits may have been overlooked, but all the principal ones have been .exnmlned. Some of the smaller deposits probably have been worked out smce they were visited, as most of them were producing when examined. The Bureau of Mines plans to descr~bethe manganese