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Arizona · Mohave County

Maggie Mine

Source Corroborated Manganese Mixed Underground / Surface 3 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Mohave
Mining district
Artillery Peak District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Manganese
Verification
Source Corroborated

Also known as

  • Artillery Mountain, Maggie Canyon, Artillery Peak

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former Mn-Fe occurrence/mine located in the N½ sec. 31, T12N, R13W, G&SRM, 9 miles S of Signal, on private (patented) land. Discovered in 1856. Operated during the period 1951 to 1957 (closed). Owned by H. S. West (1958). Owned by the Arizona Mangane…

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 3 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 3 adit symbols
  • Adit : Rawhide Wash , 1990
  • Adit : Rawhide Wash , 1990
  • Adit : Rawhide Wash , 1990
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type

Verification

Source Corroborated

Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.

Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Calcite
  • Hollandite
  • Manganite
  • Psilomelane
  • Wad
  • Baryte
  • Calcite
  • commodity:Gypsum & Anhydrite
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  • Calcite
  • Hollandite
  • Manganite
  • Psilomelane
  • Wad
  • Baryte
  • Calcite
  • commodity:Gypsum & Anhydrite
  • commodity:Iron
  • commodity:Manganese
  • Cryptomelane
  • Fluorite
  • Gypsum
  • Hollandite
  • Limonite
  • Manganite
  • Mudstone
  • Opal
  • Psilomelane
  • Sandstone
  • Wad

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped adit symbols (3)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR

Type: Historical mine documents

Record: 1 historical document

Supports:

  • historical mine identity
  • historical mine documentation

Maggie

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 39506

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (16)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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