Black Butte Prospect

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026926
MRDS ID M001111
Record type Site
Current site name Black Butte Prospect
Alternate or previous names Pand G, Dugan, Castle Butte
Related records 10283768

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47824, 34.02034 (WGS84)
Elevation 951
Relative position 27 MILES NE BY ROAD OF MORRISTOWN, MARICOPA CO., AND EAST OF CASTLE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperopolis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 002W 20 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hollandite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: 43.8 % MN , 1.23 % WO3, 15 % SI. PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE ASSAY ABOUT 1% WO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.47824, 34.02034

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity Strikes N 60 E, Dips 40 Nw; Pegmatite Dikes N 35 E, 76 Nw

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 82 SE
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Castle Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT, AN OPENCUT 12 FEET HIGH AND A FEW SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MR-25.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOTHER OCCURANCE OCCURS ALONG THE PEGMATITE DIKE. VEIN IS 1.5-2.0 FT WIDE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000837 OF JAMES E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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