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Black and Blackwater Mine

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Molybdenum
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027522
MRDS ID M003237
Record type Site
Current site name Black and Blackwater Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.88903, 36.90862 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 5.4 MILES NORTHWEST OF DINNEHOTSO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rooster Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Montroseite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Analytical data

Result V:U RATIO IS 5:1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Shinarump Conglomerate Member Of Chinle Formation;De Chelly Sandstone
    Rock description Shinarump Conglomerate Member Of Chinle Formation;De Chelly Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.88903, 36.90862
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR ORE PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Occur In Bottom Of Most Paleostream Channels, Usually With Carbonaceous Debris

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS 7 FT. INTO PERMIAN DECHELLY SANDSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED WITH MONUMENT NO. 2

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINED OUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 24TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 139

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, H.S., 1966, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE MOAB, MONTICELLO, WHITE CANYON AND MONUMENT VALLEY DISTRICTS, UTAH AND ARIZONA, U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1222-H, 53 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182, P. 235-248.

  • Deposit

    WITKIND AND THADEN, 1963, USGS BULL. 1103

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM RECORD M030423 FROM MOLYBDENUM FILE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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