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Blackbell Prospect

Producer in Gila 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109034
MRDS ID M002951
Record type Site
Current site name Blackbell Prospect
Related records 10210127

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.77458, 33.46258 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 0.5 MILES EAST OF RAMBOZ PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 015E 01 NE OF NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.77458, 33.46258
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip NW
    Length 76.2M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Occurs Along A Fracture Zone In Diabase

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer Mrs. John Duber

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. John Duber
    First year 1961

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^24% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 24wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE WAS MINED FROM THREE SHALLOW OPENCUTS SPACED AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS ALONG STRIKE OF THE FRACTURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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