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Black Prince No. 1 Claim

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10039510
MRDS ID M050195
Record type Site
Current site name Black Prince No. 1 Claim
Related records 10258976

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77849, 32.72704 (WGS84)
Elevation 465
Relative position 12 MI. EAST OF ELOY, 0.5 MILES N. OF SHOPISHK IN THE SILVER REEF MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Reef Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 005E 13 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.77849, 32.72704
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 82 NW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 2.74M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults In Granite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN BRECCIATED FRACTURE ZONE IN COARSE-GRAINED GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer Donald Desilva, L.M. Allinio, Phoenix, Ariz.
Year of first production 1954
Production years 1954-1955

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1954?
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^21% To 31% Mn Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 26wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1: PRODUCED BY DESILVA AND ALLINIO ITEM 2: PRODUCED BY C.R. BREEDON UNDER LEASE ALSO, IN 1955, ALTON R. POWELL, UNDER LEASE SHIPPED 1 TRUCKLOAD OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.003HA

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENCUT 35 BY 10 BY 25 FT. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • MINE INACTIVE AS OF 1956. EQUIPMENT REMOVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., DELONG, C.W., 1961, U.S. BUREAU MINES I.C. 7990

  • Deposit

    1961 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU MINES , I.C. 799

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L. L., ET. AL. 1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN OXIDES OCCUR ALONG FRACTURE PLANES AS PODS AND IRREGULAR DISSEMINATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

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