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Black Mesa Mine

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027554
MRDS ID M003350
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mesa Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.21744, 34.59254 (WGS84)
Elevation 960
Relative position 1 MILE NW OF BAGDAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burro(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 015N 009W 32 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Analytical data

Result ASSAY LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 4 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Lcret-Tert Undated But Late Cretaceous-Paleocene;Aplite
    Rock description Lcret-Tert Undated But Late Cretaceous-Paleocene;Aplite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Butte Falls Tuff;King Peak Rhyolite
    Rock description Butte Falls Tuff;King Peak Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.21744, 34.59254
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N40e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Pipe Cuts Host Rock; Mineralization In Pipe

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE/ELIPTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS BRECCIA PIPE THAT CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC UNITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, C.A., 1955 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278 , P. 75

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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