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Black Rock Group

Past Producer in Graham 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026962
MRDS ID M001320
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock Group
Alternate or previous names Vickers
Related records 10112778

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.63398, 32.43623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position WITHIN 1 MILE OF GRAHAM-COCHISE COUNTY LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monk Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011S 027E 30,31 N2 OF NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE: 15.4 % MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.63398, 32.43623
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR STRINGERS
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 75 NE
    Length 91.44M
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fisher Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF SORTED ORE SHIPPED DURING WWI.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PIT AND 3 SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS, LOCATED FIRST IN WWI, RELOCATED IN 1938 BY E.F. VICKERS. RELOCATED IN 1952 BY E. SANCHEZ AND ASSOCIATES AND RENAMED BLACK ROCK GROUP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TEXT SAYS THAT BLACK ROCK GROUP IS LOCATED IN SECTION 30 BUT DESCRIPTION LOCATES IT IN SECTION 31 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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