| Deposit ID | 10026965 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M001368 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Beauty Group |
| Related records | 10209899, 10282878 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.24064, 32.74678 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Relative position | 12 MILES W OF DUNCAN BY ROAD. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Greenlee(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hot Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Safford(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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Graham |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008S | 030E | 11 | SE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Tertiary Volcanic Flows |
| Rock description | Tertiary Volcanic Flows |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| (1) | -109.24064, 32.74678 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Steep Northerly Trending Zones Of Shearing And Brecciation In Volcanic Rocks |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Manganese Deposits Form Parallel Seams And Veinlets Within Fracture Zone - Brecciated Gangue |
| General form | SEAMS AND IRREGULAR VEINLETS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 90 |
| Length | 24.38M |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| Discoverer | John Pospohola And A.A. Dankworth |
| District name | Ash Peak District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Year | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^21.2 % Mn | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 3.66M |
| Overall length | 22.86M |
| Overall width | 1.52M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M001368 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040110032 |
FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 106.
USBM FILES, BLACK BEAUTY GROUP.
U.S.B.M. I.C. 7990 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: A-1 CLAIMS AND CROW CLAIMS FOR GEOLOGIAL INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | PROPERTY COMPRISES 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; MORE HIGHLY MINERALIZED PART OF THE FRACTURE IS EXPOSED ABOUT 80 FT ALONG THE STRIKE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1989 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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