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Lack Raven and Crow Groups

Past Producer in Maricopa 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102433
MRDS ID M001907
Record type Site
Current site name Lack Raven and Crow Groups
Alternate or previous names Pittsburg, Wisconsin, Smithwick

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2177, 33.72562 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 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

Little Horn Peak(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 004N 010W 32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 17 MILES SOUTH OF AGUILA. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result RE LOW IN FE OXIDES

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2177, 33.72562
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MN OXIDES CEMENT GRANITE & SCHIST FRAGMENTS IN BRECC1A ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Uhlik, Cuendet, And Irish

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. R. Miller, H. Christoferson (Black Raven), W.H. Bracken (Crow)
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner N. House
    First year 1954

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1953-1954
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20 To 25 Percent Mn, From The Black Raven Group
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 23wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS WITH 15 PERCENT MN STOCKPILED NO PRODUCTION RECORD BEFORE 1953

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REFERENCE OF 1930 STATES THAT SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE IS INDICATED BY OPEN CUTS AND SHAFTS ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE ORE EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF 25 FEET.

Comments on the workings information

  • CATTERED OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED: H.R. MILLER AND HANS CHRISTOPHERSON (1954), W.H. BRACKEN (1953), LESSORS ELWOOD MCCABE AND JOHN N. HOUSE. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 7 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B.M. BULL. 127, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    ADMR WISCONSIN GROUP FILE.

  • Deposit

    ADMR BLACK RAVEN AND CROW GROUP FILE.

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 596- PITTSBURG GROUP.

  • Deposit

    USBM-1C,7843,1958, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 710-D P140.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONES VARY WIDELY IN STRIKE AND DIP. ORE SHOOTS NOT OVER 100 FEET LONG. BUT VEINS AND BRECCIA ZONES TRACED FOR 2000 FT

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-MAY-1995 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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