USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Gila County
Magnet Mine
Multiple Sources Confirmed Manganese Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Gila
- Mining district
- Globe Hills District
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Manganese
- Verification
- Multiple Sources Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Incline
— documented in 2 source records,
noting 140 ft level, 70 ft.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR — "Magnet Mine" -
Stope
— documented in 2 source records,
noting 70 ft.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR — "Magnet Mine"
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 14 shaft symbols
- 21 adit symbols
View individual source records (6)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Incline
Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Magnet Mine”). Evidence: PDF: summer, is completed to 165 1 on a 700 incline, in the Magnet vein_ , A drift on the 140' level… -
Stope
Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Magnet Mine”). Evidence: PDF: l, 70' to the Sw, underlies the present stope. Hoisting is done by means of a electric motor dr…
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Incline
Magnet Mine -
Stope
Magnet Mine
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Multiple Sources Confirmed
Independent historical source evidence corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Confirmed by independent Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR historical documentation describing underground workings, in addition to USGS MRDS catalog eligibility. Not a member field verification.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Mohave Mining And Milling Co. · Historical operator
- F. A. Sitton · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Pyrolusite
- Wad
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (14)
- mapped adit symbols (21)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 1 historical document
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
- documented workings
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
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