Black Crow Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  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 10027075
MRDS ID M001922
Record type Site
Current site name Black Crow Mine
Alternate or previous names Neilson
Related records 10161922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.62439, 34.34393 (WGS84)
Elevation 573
Relative position 9 MILES SOUTH OF SIGNAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artillery Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 013W 33 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.62439, 34.34393

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR BEDS AND PODS IN SHEAR ZONE
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip E
    Length 3.05M
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Artillery Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1953 - 1954
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^18.6 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 19wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 161.54M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENCUTS ARE ABOUT 10 TO 12 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L. AND L.A. STEWART, 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 48 -

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ATLITUDE OF SHEAR IN PREC. GRANITE IS GIVEN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.