Black Diamond Group

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Manganese
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161964
MAS/MILS ID 0040150035
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -113.54187, 34.32944 (WGS84)
Elevation 609
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artillery Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011+N 012 W 06 NWSENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -113.54187, 34.32944

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 130HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 ADV ARGILLIC
    Total Surface Area (HA) 130
    Date of Last Modification 800618

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mining district

District name Artillery Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner World Manganese Corp. Of Calif.
    Home office California
    Year 1973

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BUMINES IC 7843-1958 P38, P28-USGS QUAD 254 PRESCOTT (1: MINE CLOSURE 1955 MINERALOGY OF STRINGERS AND IRREGULAR MASSES-CARD 16 OF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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