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Black Copper Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046326
MRDS ID M241237
Record type Site
Current site name Black Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Warrior Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.89375, 33.41258 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inspiration(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 004E 24 NW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MAIN SHAFT LOCATED IN PP 342 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS BLACK DUE TO MANGANESE OXIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.89375, 33.41258
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On Westward Extension Of Black Warrior Fault Zone, Where It Intersects Nw-N Trending Pinto Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pinto Fault Strikes N, Dips 35e, Dacite Is Hanging Wall On E Side, Schist Is Footwall, Throw Is About 400 Ft

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fault, Mainly In Dacite Breccia E Of Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY TERTIARY SCHULTZE GRANITE INTRUSIVE PERIOD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1896
Year of last production 1919

Mining district

District name Miami-Inspiration District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER WARRIOR MINE PAST 1904 IN ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 250 FT WITH THREE LEVELS, MAIN LEVEL IS THE SECOND, 80 FT DEEP NO COMMERCIAL ORE BELOW THE 80 FT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • ON BLACK COPPER CLAIM, PART OF WARRIOR COPPER CU CLAIM GROUP. INSPIRATION COPPER BOUGHT ALL HOLDINGS IN 1920. BLACK WARRIOR COPPER CO OPERATED UNTIL 1909, THEN WARRIOR COPPER CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 12, 1903, P 156-157

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 342, 1962, P 135-136 AND PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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