| Deposit ID | 10039508 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050191 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Beauty Group |
| Related records | 10209430 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.05984, 32.689 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1570 |
| Relative position | TWO MILES NW OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN IN SW END OF PINALENO (GRAHAM) MOUNTAINS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Graham(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Blue Jay Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)
San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Graham |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008S | 022E | 35,36 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Tertiary |
| Lithium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | -110.05984, 32.689 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.Late Tertiary Uplift And Faulting. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N53E |
| Dip | STEEPLY SE |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 12.19M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Discoverer | Mr. Lee |
| Year of first production | 1955 |
| Production years | 1955 |
| District name | Black Beauty District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. L. Woodrow And Marvin Johnston |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050191 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040090064 |
USBM RI 5516
1959 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU MINES R.I. 551
DALE, V.B. 1959
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | M70 AND M80 REFER TO MOST HEAVILY MINERALIZED VEIN. SCHEELITE IS SPORADIC BUT LOCALLY ABUNDANT IN MASSES UP TO FOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER. MORE TOURMALINIZED VEINS STRIKE N80E, DIP 85 SE. N40W, DIP 55 NE. EW, DIP SLIGHTLY N. ZONE OF SCHEELITE-BEARING VEINS IS 25 FT. WIDE, 200 FT. LONG. THOUGH SOME SCHEELITE IS FOUND INTERMITTANTLY OVER DISTANCE OF THREE MILES. |
| Deposit | BLACK BEAUTY GROUP CONSISTS OF THREE UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1972 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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