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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES AZMILS DATA

PRIMARY NAME: NEEDLE EYE

ALTERNATE. NAMES: NEEYE

MOHAVE COUNTY MILS NUMBER: 359B "

LOCATION: TOWNSHIP 11 N RANGE 12 W SECTION 7 QUARTER S2 LATITUDE: N 34DEG 19MIN 16SEC LONGITUDE: W 113DEG 32MIN 27SEC TOPO MAP NAME: ARTILLERY PEAK - 15 MIN

CURRENT STATUS: PAST PRODUCER

COMMODITY: MANGANESE OXIDE

BIBLIOGRAPHY: AZ. STATE LAND DEPT. MINERAL MAP ADMMR NEEDLE EYE FILE USGS ARTILLELRY PEAK QUAD USBM IC 7843, P. 28 (MAP), 32, 33, 36 MASSEY, E., AZ. STATE MINE INSP. 1960, ANNUAL REPORT, P. 6

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DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCE.S STATE OF ARIZONA

FIELD ENGINEERS REPORT

Date

Engineer Elgtn }j" Holt

LOGArrION! 'fihi EJ gT'011J.): con.si;~5ti:n,g o:f 'tV,10 Y!lining c:lai.ms~. l8 loc£di ed tl1 tb.e OVl(~nS Mirdn.g DlstT'iet~ J\ilohave Ccyunty; I~ , rl:z,ol1f3'i ec·t g. point h.bout five inLLes BOU.t}} at' Artil1f)ry Pfilil.k a.nd 'GINO ytdles nOl''t;h of the Wil1ial"ils Hi ve~c.. It i6

r'eaehed. by H rond Hf.:Hvly eonst:.ruetecl by owner 0:.::" }!I'operty.. lJ:hl ~j I'O~3.d 188.'Tt::Js

'~11(-3 Al5,IUQ-tIJ/enden road about Lt miles 0B. c:rt of' .Al~J1l10 CrosLiin.g.. Th0mC (~ ~ :L t; exte:uds 1'lorthear,,.:ce::cly and crOf~Set3 -t;h(~ William.s J:Zi Y6T' about 6 miles above the sald Alamc; CroGsing'l The;D.ce the road g08ft north. abOl..1tt;v)(} Inilegup Needle"" EYG 'waHl} to propert y" Wl th f30TIFE.! im.prOV8mE:~nt; tb.i :·3 rotid could be u~3ed tot ruck ore to Wend.en ~ t-.5xo0;ptlng duping IJEr:cl,ods of high wate:r in. th 8 Vli,lliSlJls Hi ver ..

"\lL3I'I1: I '\risj~ted this })r0J18I't;~y tn C02:(i-Ije,ny' ,:;v1'/:,11 Joe L,=nvts and R., ;'.:i .. Hod.geI'D

on Jttnuary 1:)~ 19,43, 3...'0 \vhi.ch time I{odgers VIae.· working t;he ml:ne by himself' el.f.J.d !NtH3 EH'r't.inging to .81111) orIs ·to th,;; Pt;j.J'};:>;::r stook}?ilo "

.MINE WOHKINGS: Hodgerr5 had. compl etod an open cut; on vein foI' IJ. lengtl,i oi' 20 feet: GXpOsing B. fcUJ8 of Mn or8 Ebori.t three f'eetwide~ .Abuut 0118 ton of ore ",'JaB p:!.led. on dump ,- h2d1.d-sorted Yflatieria.l .,.,.. eBt;img.tecl by o'[Nl1ey··to :cun cTound. M.J{o :M:n" '.rhe 00l;uTtI7 T'()ok C0111'.3J.frt:3 of alternatLng beds or StlD.(~L;:.(tor.U:l 811d. oon·­glomerat®~ intrw:':led by an s.udesite d.ike ad j acent to the \j"81l1.~ vifllich s'Gri:k:€:1[{ N. 45 deg. W •• and dips 60 deg. N~E.

REMAIfIG3 : Thi s YI'O);.'tfJrty ho.{;'''j the l;;ar-nH:'Y'ks o f' u. good I1ttl.s i3hil)~l)Gr; but further "Nork vIilI. berlel,Jesst:l~ry in ord.er to IJX'ove whether there iH b .. IlY gI'8et E'tJtLOnD.t of [~hippi:c1G 01"8 Or not;. TiJ.i s prO])GT'ty :L s 10GEt t; f,;~d abou t two m.ili~5s

west erly i'rolfi t:De Black Diamond filIi cl tdm.n belon,g i:ng to L e'si ~$ B:c'otb.c;TS tj.1J.0.

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Name of Mine or p. ect: To"" : D Range Section P ri 0 r it ·.,

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Principal Minerals: 1:250,000 Quad 7.5' - 15' Quad --Psilomelane, Manganite Prescott Artillery Peak

Associated Minerals: District Principal Product

Artillery Mtn. Manganese Type of Operation: County State Type of Deposit

Surface: Open Pit Mohave Ar. Sedimentary Host

Ownershio or Controlling Interest: R .. S_o R"J!e-s(J Q ,)R) 1 p~c:;pn ~n tJ'n,.l n M~T'l~~T'lpc:;p r.n.,..", r1 0 c; c;'\ 1 - ..

Access: From Black Diamond crossing, proceed north on unimproved road for 1 mile • Mine is shown (unnamed) on topographic quadrangle •

Structural Control or Geological Association:

"Manganese mineralization occurs in a complex pattern of fractures and irregular bunches along a steeply dipping shear zone cutting both the sandy beds of the Artillery formation and the basalt member of that formation. The manganese minerals, largely hard psilomelane and manganite, occur in fractures ranging from mere seams to veinlets several inches in width. In some parts of the zone, the mineralized fractures are closely spaced and form bands and sporatic masses of ore several feet wide and tens of feet long."l

Age of Mineralization:

Production History

(1955)1 Total production 476 long tons and 711 long tons concentrates

Geochemical Analyses

(1955)1 Ore average: 21% Mn Concentrates: 31 to 40.2% Mn •

References

1) Farnham & Stewart (1958) p. 36-38.

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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL BUILDING, FAIRGROUNDS

PHOENIX, ARIZONA

July,3, 1958

To the Owner or Operator of the Arizona Mining Property ndmed below:

Needle-Eye (Mohave County) Manganese (Property) (ore)

We have an old listing of the above. property which we would like to have

brought up to date.

Please fill out the enclosed Mine Owner's Report form with as complete detail

as possible and attach copies of reporm, maps, assay returns, shipment returns

or other data which you hav~ not sent us before and which mi8ht interest a

prospective buyer in looking at the property.

FRANK P. t<NIGHT, Directqr.

I de net own this claim and hay. not w0~ke d it since 1955. I

F.A.SittQtl

Ene: Mine Owner's ~t:port

Needle Eye Owens District IIiIohave County

Hay 27, 1957

Is one of group o~med by Sitton- has been extensively

drilled and had some production. Ore vias milled in

Si tton Mill on Bill Williams River - Nr. Robinett

stated that due to fineness of Manganese a poor

recovery was obtained - property idle -

}1ARK GEr"ll-ITLL

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NEEDLE$'-EYE

DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES STATE OF ARIZONA

FIELD ENGINEERS REPORT

Date January 2b, 1943.

Owens, Mohave Coo, Ariz . Engineer Elgin B. Holt ·

Subject: DEPT. MrNERAl r,iI'UHJ;W~

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JAN !li 1943 I

OWNER: R. S . Rodgers, Wenden, Arizona. PKOENlX, M~IZONA

METALS: Manganese. Inru""-".~ '"

LOCATION: This group, consisting of two mining claims, is located in the Owens Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona, a t a point about five miles south of Artillery Peak and two miles north of the Williams River. It is reached by a road newly constructed by owner of property. Thisroad leaves the Alamo-Wenden road about 4 miles east of Alamo Crossing. Thence, it extends northeasterly a nd crosses the Williams River, a bout 6 miles above the said Alamo­Crossing. Thence the road goes north about two miles up Needle­Eye wa sh to property. With some improvement, this road could be used to truck ore to Wenden, excepting during periods of high water in the Williams River.

VISIT: I visited this property, in company with Joe Lewis and R-.-g: Rodgers, on J a nuary 15, 1943, at which time Rodgers was working the mine by himself and was arranging to ship ore to the Parker sto~ckpile.

MINE WORKINGS: Rodgers had completed a n open cut on vein for a length of 20 feet, exposing a f a ce of Mn ore about three feet wideo About one ton of ore was piled on dump - hand-sorted material - estimated by o'\vner to run around 40% Ivln.' The country rock consists of alter­nating beds of sandstone and conglomerate, intruded by an andesite dike adjacent to the vein, which strikes N. 45 deg. W., and dips 60 deg, N. E. I did not take any samples of the ore.

EE~RKS: This property ha~ the ear-marks of a good little shipper; but further work will be necessary in order to prove whether there is any great amount of shipping ore or not. This property is loc­ated about two miles westerly from the Black Diamond Mn claims belonging to Lewis Brothers and their sister, Mrs. Thomps~n. (See my report on the Black Diamond Group).

~ &~jJ;p;f, Elgin B. Holt, Field Engineer.

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