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Black Queen Mine

Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027589
MRDS ID M003449
Record type Site
Current site name Black Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Armour Group, Amour Group, Hatton Claims
Related records 10283725

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.23604, 33.75367 (WGS84)
Relative position 10.5 MILES NE OF BIG HORN PEAK SUMMIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tiger Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(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 005N 009W 19,20,29,30 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 14.5 MILES SW OF AGUILA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Barite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES ASSAY 32 TO 40 PERCENT MN, REJECT SCREENINGS ASSAY 24 PERCENT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.23604, 33.75367
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Ew Faults Displacing Mineralized Zone 70 Feet

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N
    Dip W
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Production years 1917-1919

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Siefert And L. W. Smith
    First year 1958

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period 1917-1918
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^35 To 40 Percent Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 38wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Period 1952-1954
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^18 Percent Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 18wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • IN APRIL 1954 25 TONS OF ORE WAS BEING MINED DAILY. A SMALL AMOUNT WAS MINED DURING WWII

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 224.94M
    Overall width 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • NEARLY ALL VEIN SEGMENTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO SOME EXTENT. SEE 1958 REFERENCE, P. 22 FOR SURFACE PLAN.

Comments on development

  • 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR BLACK QUEEN FILE

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 710, P.142

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B.M. BULL. 127, P. 68

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7843.

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 596-BLACK QUEEN MINE

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ARIZ. B.M. BULL 127

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS ARE FOR MINERALIZED ZONE. MINIMUM WIDTH 5 FT. LENGTH IS NONCONTINUOUS. MAXIMUM LENGTH OF A LENS IS 50 FT. VEINS ARE IN THE HANGWALL OF AN EXTENSIVE LOW ANGLE FAULT.

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
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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