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Black Jack Mine

Past Producer in Pima 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 10102446
MRDS ID M002281
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack Mine
Related records 10113309

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12183, 32.42816 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 9 MILES NW OF GU ACHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drew Spring Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011S 002E 36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • WITHIN PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION, UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12183, 32.42816
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East-Striking Bedding-Plane Fault, Footwall Of Quartzite, Hanging Wall Of Limestone. Mineralization In South Wing Of Apparent Anticline

Ore body information

  • Dip 54 SE
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Limestone Adjacent To Bedding Plane Fault And Extending Into Fractures In Limestone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period 1956, 1958-1959
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^35% Mn 1956
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    OE Manganese Manganese 35wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS DURING MID-1950'S, YEARS ARE UNKNOWN, PROPERTY WAS IDLE IN 1956 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 35.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, 60 DEG SE

Comments on development

  • MINE WORKED IN 1958 AND 1959; 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM IC 7990 , P. 113 - 14 .

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Production

    USBM IC 7990 , P. 113

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERAL DEPOSITION WAS CONTINUOUS IN MANY PARTS OF THE MINE, BUT WAS ALSO CONFINED TO BEDS FROM 4 TO 6 FEET THICK. TO THE SOUTH AND WEST, IN THE MINE, THE MINERALIZATION DECREASED TO PODS AND STRINGERS.
Deposit STELLA MARIS MINE IS ON NORTH SIDE OF CANYON AND NORTH WING OF ANTICLINE, M000039,M002289 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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