Black Diamond Mine

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048318
MRDS ID M899888
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.09014, 33.25592 (WGS84)
Elevation 1256
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGS CROWN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Superior(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 012E 24 CENTER OF E2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION MEASURED TO ADIT ON BLACK DIAMOND CLAIM IN YELLOW JACKET WASH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Martin Limestone
    Rock description Martin Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.09014, 33.25592

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description In Quartz Diorite Body S Of Silver King Quartz Diorite Porphyry
Type of structure Local
Structure description Deyonian Martin Limestone And Precambrian Diabase Directly S. Of Mine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1927
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Pioneer District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. Yslas And J. S. Abril
    First year 1940

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNER/OPERATOR: BLACK DIAMOND MINING CO. (1927)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHORT, M.N., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUPERIOR MINING AREA, ARIZONA, 1943, ABM BULLETIN 151, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-253, 1962

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY DISSEMINATED VEINLETS LIKE SILVER KING MINE DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Roth, Frances A. (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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.