Black Dyke Mine

Prospect in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186773
MAS/MILS ID 0040190126
Record type Site
Current site name Black Dyke Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.28379, 31.93202 (WGS84)
Elevation 1113
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stevens Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017 S 010 E 23 SESE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.28379, 31.93202

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US AEC PRR PIMA COUNTY ARIZ 1951 PP 627, 631, 632, 637

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 1974 P 132

  • Deposit

    E A ELEVATORSKI 1971 ARIZONA FLUORSPAR P 33-34

  • Deposit

    GRANGER H C AND RAUP R B 1962 USGS BULL 1147A, PP A25-A29

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.