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Black Mountain Claims

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Uranium
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027055
MRDS ID M001825
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mountain Claims
Alternate or previous names Black Mountain Vanadium Claims
Related records 10234892

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.05465, 33.857 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST END OF VULTURE MOUNTAINS, ABOUT 12 MILES SE OF AGUILA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 008W 13,14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CARNOTITE IS YELLOW .25 INCH PATCHES IN MINOR FRACTURES IN TUFF

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Analytical data

Result .009% U308

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Gneiss & Schist Cut By Pegmatites
    Rock description Gneiss & Schist Cut By Pegmatites

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.05465, 33.857
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E TO S80E
    Dip 10-25S
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 1219.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Surfaces

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUFF CONTAINS BONES AND FRESH WATER FOSSILS SHALEY BEDS UNDERLAIN BY METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND OVERLAIN BY THIN BASALT FLOW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Milton Ray
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD. LOW GRADE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 1147-A, P.A-15

  • Deposit

    SCARBOROUGH, ROBERT B., MARCH 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND URANIUM PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA, PREPARED FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CARNOTITE REPLACES CLAY MINERALS, DEPOSITED FROM CIRCULATING GROUNDD WATER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

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