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Psilomelane from
Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mountain Range
Classification
Species:'Psilomelane' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:In numerous veinlets of Mn oxides along fractures, joints, bedding planes & breccia zones.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Psilomelane data
Locality Data:Click here to view Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:175229
Long-form Identifier:1:3:175229:8
GUID (UUID V4):f70e06dd-a5c5-435d-afd9-85d815636955
Localities for Psilomelane in this Region
Alamo Queen Mine (Manganosite Mine), Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
McComas claims, Artillery Peak Mining District, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Black Crow Mine, Artillery Peak, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Black Diamond Mine, Artillery Peak, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Black Eagle Mine, Artillery Peak, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Indian prospect, Artillery Peak, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Lake Mine (McGregor Mine), Artillery Peak, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Priceless Mine (Priceless vein; Price vein; John Carr claims; Price Mine; Price group; Mohave Mining & Milling Mine), Artillery Peak, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Black Jack Mine, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Black Mollie Mine (Black Moly Mine), Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Black Warrior Mine, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Maggie Mine, Maggie Canyon zeolite and Mn deposit, Maggie Canyon, Kimble Mining Sub-District, Cleopatra Mining District, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Graham prospect, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
John Carr claims, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Last Chance Mine [1], Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Needle Eye Mine (Leeye Mine), Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Oversight Mine, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
American Mine (American prospect), Plancha Mountain, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Loves Mine (Psilomelane Group Mine), Plancha Mountain, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Polianite Group Mine (Tate Manganese Mine), Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Shannon Mine (Shannon prospect), Rawhide Wash, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Rudy Mine, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Psilomelane
2.8km (1.8 miles) Black Crow Mine, Artillery Peak, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Black Mollie Mine (Black Moly Mine), Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Black Warrior Mine, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) Lake Mine (McGregor Mine), Artillery Peak, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) Loves Mine (Psilomelane Group Mine), Plancha Mountain, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) McComas claims, Artillery Peak Mining District, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) Maggie Mine, Maggie Canyon zeolite and Mn deposit, Maggie Canyon, Kimble Mining Sub-District, Cleopatra Mining District, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Alamo Queen Mine (Manganosite Mine), Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) Rudy Mine, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) Black Jack Mine, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1962 \{ANGANESE OXIDES FROX,I THE ARTILLERY I'IOUNTAINS AREA, ARIZONA l,I. M. N{ou,tr,1 Llniaers'ityof...Llniaers'ityof Wisconsin, Mad,ison, Wisconsin. Assrnacr Psilomelane, hollandite, cryptomelane, coronadite, ramsdellite...Artiliery Mountains area. number of lines present in o-ray powder photographs of psilomelane from the...respects similar to cryptomelane, hollandite and psilomelane. The origin of the manganese in the vein deposits...manganesedeposits of the Artillery Mountains area, southern Nlohave County, Lrizona, constitute one of
Report (volume)
Manga11ese Resources of the Artillery Mountains Region Mohave County, Arizona By S. G. LASKY and B. N. \VEBBER...sediments_____________________________________ Artillery formation (early Eocene?)__________________________...Stratigraphy__________________________________________ Near Artillery Peak_______ __ ___ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ _ _...____________________________ Deposits in the Artillery formation__________________________ Bedded de...PLATE 1. Geologic map and sections of the Artillery Mountains manganese region________________________________________
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA. By E. L. JONES, Jr., and F. L. RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. By E. L....been known in some of the old mining districts of Arizona, notably in the Bisbee, Tombstone, Globe, and Patagonia...Geological Survey examined manganese deposits in Arizona, E. L. Jones, jr., visiting many scattered deposits...Coconino, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Maricopa, Mohave, Final, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, and Yuma counties...number of these deposits lie in the desert region of Mohave, Maricopa, and Yuma counties. Others are in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
manganite, pyrolusite, ramsdellite, cryptomelane,psilomelane, hollandite, braunite, and coronadite. Another...juvenileorigin. In a reporton the Superiordistrict,Arizona,in 1914 (61), Ransome applied theterm "hypogene"...simple,nearly horizontal surface,as at Tombstone,Arizona, above which the oxide minerals of manganese are...generallyhypogene,is presentwith an oxide suchas psilomelane,which in this belt is probablysupergene(Batesville...the southeastern states,largelycryptomelane, psilomelane, hollandite,and pyrolusite,are alsothosethat
Report (issue)
95(3)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Philipsburg, Montana, USA. 2.39 (10), 6.90 (9), 4.90 (8), 3.10 (8), 2.15 (6)...10] (1) Tombstone, Arizona, USA; Mn4+ from “available O”. (2) Philipsburg, Montana, USA; Mn4+ from “available...for well-studied and pure material include: in the USA, from the Oregon-Prompter mine, Tombstone, Cochise...mines, Santa Cruz Co., and the Artillery Mountains, Mohave Co., Arizona; at Lake Valley, Sierra Co., New...as one of several black mineral species in “psilomelane”, the collective term for hard manganese oxides
Report (volume)
MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE ARTILLERY MOUNTAINS REGION MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA BY S. G. LASKY AND B. N....Page 62. Geologic map and sections of the Artillery Mountains manganese region, Ariz........ In pocket...area along Maggie Canyon and Chapin Wash, Artillery Mountains, Ariz......................... In pocket...pocket 64. Structure map of the Artillery Mountains manganese region, Ariz.......................... 428 65...manganese-bearing formation of lower Pliocene (?) age, Artillery Mountains, Ariz.............................. 436 67
Report (volume)
MANGANESE OF THE LAKE MEAD REGION NEVADA. AND ARIZONA BY V. E. McKELVEY, J. H. WIESE, AND V. H. JOHNSON...Geologic map of the north end of the River Mountains, Clark County, Nev .••.•• In Geologic map and section...section of the Fannie Ryan manganese deposit, Clark County, Nev ..••••••••••••••.•••..•..•••• In Sketch map...sections of the Boulder City manganese deposit, Clark County, Nev ••••••.•••.•••••.•••••••••••• In Geologic...Virgin River district, north of Lake Mead, Clark County, Nev ••••••••.••••••.••••••• In Geologic map and
Report (issue)
TYPICAL DEPOSITS: Aguila, AZ (Alien, 1985), Artillery, AZ (Lasky and Weber, 1949; Spencer and others...reconstitution of Mn minerals as manganite and "psilomelane." EFFECT OF METAMORPHISM: Metamorphosed lacustrine...Economic geology of the Big Horn Mountains of west-central Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral...deposits and their Miocene host rocks, Nevada and Arizona [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts...1949, Manganese resources of the Artillery Mountains region, Mohave County, Ariz.: U.S. Geological Survey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cover the provincethat extendsfrom the Rocky Mountains to the Sierra Nevada; of the nodulesfrom the Pacific...D. Wilson, of the Arizona Bureau of Mines and Geology,to Verde Hot Springs,Arizona. At a late stagein...each of the four groups was well represented--Arizona,southeasternCalifornia, Colorado, Idaho, Montana...prospect:Alongthe AubreyCliffsin westernCoconino County,severalmanganese oxidedeposits havebeenexplored;the...no X-ray analysisis available. Monta•m--Granite County.--No. 8. Philipsburg: In the exploration of ore
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
Book (edition)
0.C D.?~•.!~'J..~5 ~!~.~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee...Richard A. Bideaux THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors . .. JOHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the Uni~ersity of Arizona, where he rose...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
Book (edition)
Q! creonl lia OE ~| /BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee...Peter Kresam and Richard Graeme . Mineralogy of Arizona John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard...Richard A. Bideaux AN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors... JoHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he rose
Book (edition)
OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
has been extensivelyexplored in the Artillery Mountains, Arizona (19). This lens extends for a distance...beds manganese oxides near top. Pyrolusita Psilomelane Coronadire Some barite Late Cretaceous (CenomanianTuronian)...stratified 44 Psilomelane Fe 1 Coronadire Vb BaO 6 6 Mn-carbonate Polianite Psilomelane }in Fe Pb...Pollandre Mn Psilomelane Fe 2-3 Pb 0.1 BaO 0.5-1 Hausmannite Mn 40 Jacobaite Psilomelane Fe Ba 1...Braunire Hausmannite Mn 40 -45 Fe 2 -3 Psilomelane Pb BaO 1-3 Cryptomelane Mn 35-40 Braunire
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
............................................. Arizona .............................................................................................. Arizona .................................................depositsunderrevie•vonly a few of the oxide minerals-psilomelane,hollandite,cryptomelane,coronadite,and lesscommonly...The three specimensof black calcite veins in Juab County, Utah, were collectedby R. K. Hose of the U.S....throughcentraland southwesternNew Mexico, across southern Arizona into southeastern California and central Nevada
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu © 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
various deposit types from Arizona, southeastern California and southern Nevada (USA) hosted by detachment...meters in thickness. The mineralogy includes psilomelane, romanechite, potassium cryptomelane, ramsdellite...includes cryptomelane, hollandite, coronadite, psilomelane, romanechite and ramsdellite. The main gangue...of this type of deposit are District Artillery Park, Arizona, USA (Derby, 2012); Santa Rosa, Mexico (Rodriguez-Diaz...mainly NW, NE and EW striking. They consist of psilomelane, criptomelane, hollandite, coronadite, pirolusite
Report (issue)
Preliminary report of molybdenum occurrences in Arizona by Jan C. Wilt 1/, Stanley B. Keith 2/, Jocelyn...to the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology a division of The University of Arizona This...'1030571 04 M030562 04 M030563 04 '1030584 04 CouNTY DEPosir 'ostHP +litire LAtiroOE ♦ Looroae 28N...DISTRICT DISTRICT PIIIAA PIMA ODEN PIT HIKE PRINCE OF ARIZONA MI 05N PROSPECT NEAR OLD MI RAY MINE REOOINGTON...111-57-424 AU Pb MU mINE VV AG 04 mARIcUpil PRINCE OFV ARIZONA MI 05'1 01w 16 33-46-371 112-21-53w Pb AN V A AGV
Report (volume)
Reconnaissance Study of Uranium Deposits in Arizona GEOLOGICAL SUR.VEY BULLETIN Prepared on behalf... Reconnaissance Study of Uranium Deposits in Arizona By H. C. GRANGER and R. B. RAUP CONTRIBUTIONS...deposits___-_-____--__-__-..--__-__---__-_-_---__--__Cochise County.______________________________________________...__________________________________________ Gila County..._______________________________________ Deposits...claims--_-___-__-__-___-__--_--__--_--_---_---_Maricopa County._____________________________________________ Black
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cryptomelane, with minor amounts of lithiophorite, psilomelane, nsutite and todorokite. Gangue minerals include...measurements listed for pyrolusite, cryptomelane psilomelane and nsutite were made with the use of absorption...Eylandt, pyrolusite, cryptomelane, lithiophorite, psilomelane, nsutit and todorokite. These minerals are commonly...manganese oxide minerals were classified as psilomelane. This mineral is classified as (Ba, HeO)2 M n...microanalysis determination on a number of grains of psilomelane are listed in Table 8. Reflectivity and Vickers
Report (volume)
Stratigraphy of Highly Extended Terranes, California, Arizona, and Nevada 216 TERTIARY STRATIGRAPHY OF HIGHLY...HIGHLY EXTENDED TERRANES, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA REFERENCES CITED Crowe, B.M., 1973, Cenozoic...volcanic geology of the southeastern Chocolate Mountains, California: Santa Barbara, University of California...basin-range faulting in the southeasternmost Chocolate Mountains, Ca1ifornia: Geological Society of America Bulletin... Geology of the Chocolate and Cargo Muchacho Mountains, southeasternmost Cahfornia: Santa Barbara. University
Report (volume)
the Harquahala Mountains Wilderness Study Area, La Paz and Maricopa Counties, Arizona U.S. GEOLOGICAL...the Harquahala Mountains Wilderness Study Area, La Paz and Maricopa Counties, Arizona By ED DE WITT,...WILDERNESS STUDY AREASWEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA AND PART OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA U. S. GEOLOGICAL...the Harquahala Mountains wilderness study area, La Paz and Maricopa counties, Arizona. (Mineral resources...wilderness study areas west-central Arizona and part of San Bernardino County, California ; ch. C) (U.S. Geological
Report (issue)
MAGGIE CANYON MANGANESE DEPOSIT, ARTILLERY MOUN TAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZ. BY SCOTT W. HAZEN. JR...CANYON MANGANESE DEPOSIT, ARTIL LERY MOUNTAINS REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZ. BY SCOTT W. HAZEN, JR. Report...Section maps, Maggie Canyon manganese deposit, Mohave County, Ariz. (figs. 12-33) - 112 Appendix III. Diamond...deposit, Mohave County, Ariz 135 ILLUSTRATIONS Fig. Page 1. Location map, Artillery Mountains manganese...manganese region, Mohave County, Ariz 2 2. Geologic map and sections of area along Maggie Canyon and upper part
Book (volume)
Hav T. Morris 2: Mountain City Copper Mine, Elko County, Nevada RoBERT R. Coats F. KERR EDWARD C. STEPHENS...Utah DANIEL Part IX. ARIZONA AND ADJACENT R. SHAWE AREAS 56. Arizona and Adjacent New Mexico...Ligt Arizona JOHN T. EASTLICK 12 ie, Ore Deposits of the Central Mining District, Grant County, New...Copper-Molybdenum Mineralization at Mineral Park, Mohave County, 1258 Arizona Jd BIDER J. E. Frost D. M. CLIPPINGER...CLIPPINGER 61. Geology of the Magma Mine Area, Arizona DoNALD F. HAMMER DONALD W. PETERSON 1282 vi
Book (edition)
vivianite, Bolivia; (center, right) topaz, Thomas Mountains, Utah; (lower /eft) rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning...(lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower right, center) mimetite, Tsiimehb, Namibia;...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Pohl Richard Graeme D. K. Jones Douglas K. Miller Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum =Donald Olson ‘Delma Perry
 
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