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Black Nugget Mine

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102524
MRDS ID M003451
Record type Site
Current site name Black Nugget Mine
Alternate or previous names U. S. Group
Related records 10186605

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22576, 33.76339 (WGS84)
Elevation 634
Relative position 12 MILES NNW 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

Tiger Well(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 005N 009W 20 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 15 MILES SW OF AGUILA, NEAR TIGER WASH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE LOW IN FE OXIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22576, 33.76339
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Offset Into 2 Or More Segments By Crossfaulting

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEGREES W
    Dip 45 DEGREES SW
    Length 91.44M
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MN BEARING FISSURES CAN BE FOUND AT LEAST 2 MILES S OF THE BLACK NUGGET MINE. IRREGULAR AREAS WITH A NETWORK OF NARROW FRACTURES FILLED WITH MN OXIDES OCCURRED IN THE BRECCIATED ANDESITE SURROUNDING THE TWO WEST VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer M. S. Ponton And J. B. Webb

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. V. Waughtel
    First year 1952

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^39 Percent Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 39wt-pct
  • Year 1924
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^48.6 Percent Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 49wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MAY HAVE PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT IN WWII

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAIM 1 WORKINGS: SURFACE STOPES AND OPEN CUTS 10 FT TO 12 FT DEEP FOR 700 FT, 1 SHAFT 50 FT DEEP. CLAIM 2 WORKINGS: 2 VEINS WORKED, EAST VEIN: OPEN CUT DEVELOPED BY TUNNEL FOR 150 FT, ABOVE THIS, ANOTHER OPEN CUT DEVELOPED BY TUNNEL FOR 80 FT. ONE SHAFT 12 FT DEEP. WEST VEIN: EXPLORED ONLY BY TEST PITS.

Comments on development

  • 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS OPERATORS INCLUDE: M. S. PONTON, J. M. WEBB (1943),WM. M. EBNER (1918), WOODS, HUDDART, AND GUNN (1918). PROPERTY INCLUDES 7 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NUMBER 480-BLACK NUGGET MINE

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA B.M. BULL. 127, P.67

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 710 P.140

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A, 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7843.

  • Production

    FARNHAM AND STEWART, 1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEST ORE IN UPPER 60 FT OF VEIN . CLAIM 1 HAS 1 VEIN 3 TO 8 FEET WIDE, STRIKE N30W, DIP 45 SW. CLAIM 2 HAS 2 VEINS 100 FT APART AND PARALLEL, STRIKE N TO S, DIP EAST VEIN 80W, WEST VEIN 80E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

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