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Black Diamond Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208136
MRDS ID M000920
MAS/MILS ID 0040030100
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond Mine
Alternate or previous names Englander, Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit
Related records 10108978

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.93066, 31.84403 (WGS84)
Elevation 1873
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Diamond Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018 S 024 E 29 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.93066, 31.84403
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Year of first production 1899

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ethel Boulter Estate
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1947
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Charles Phillips
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1957
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cordyne Corp.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1933
    Description Silver 156 Kg
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 156000g
  • Year 1933
    Description Copper 500 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 500mt
  • Year 1937
    Description Copper-Silver-Lead-Gold Ore 417 Mt
  • Year 1938
    Description Copper-Silver-Gold Ore 28 Mt
  • Year 1939
    Description Copper Ore 3 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 3mt
  • Year 1943
    Description Copper-Zinc-Silver-Gold Ore 50 Mt
  • Year 1944
    Description Copper-Zinc-Silver-Gold Ore 181 Mt
  • Year 1957
    Description Copper-Silver Ore 107 Mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Unknown Ore 1814 Mt

Comments on the production information

  • COPPER AND SILVER PRODUCTION GIVEN FOR 1933 IS FOR YEARS 1899 OR 1900 TO 1933; TOTAL PRODUCTION THROUGH 1979 IS ABOUT 522 MT COPPER, 376 KG SILVER, 6,804 KG ZINC, NEGLIGABLE GOLD AND SILVER. (SEE CHATMAN, 1994, P. D125).

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Total resources 33600mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 6 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
    Silver Ag 343 g/mt Silver Major 1994

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS EXTEND INTO NE SEC. 30; DRILLING WAS ALSO DONE IN S2 SEC. 19.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    STEVENS, H. J., 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL. X, P. 428-9.

  • Deposit

    ADMMR FILES, CONTAIN REPORTS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS, INCLUDING

  • Deposit

    BOULTER, 1947; DODD, 1939; MATTOX, 1936; MATTOX AND MATTOX,

  • Deposit

    1938.

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C. M., 1964, USBM IC 8236, P. 22-24.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 32-35, D125-31.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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