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Burmister Mine

Producer in Yavapai 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108990
MRDS ID M001177
Record type Site
Current site name Burmister Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Magic, Bunker
Related records 10259095

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.08017, 34.32561 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 12 MILES SE OF MAYER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cordes Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011N 003E 17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS ARE LOCATED IN SE 1/4 OF SECTION 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.08017, 34.32561
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NODULES IN HORIZONTAL LENSES
    Depth to bottom 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Manganese Ore Is Associated With Travertine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Magic District

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^44.56 % Mn, 0.92 % Fe, 6.77 % Silica, 1.23 % P
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 1wt-pct
    SiO2 Ore Silica Silica 7wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 1wt-pct
    Ore Manganese Manganese 45wt-pct
  • Year 1942
    Period 1917 - 1942
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^50 - 53 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 52wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^52 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 52wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 2.19HA
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS AND 4 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, E.L. JR. AND RANSOME, F.L., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 710-D, P. 177

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 63 - 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

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