Black Rock Group

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron, Copper, Lead, Barium-Barite, Silver
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027120
MRDS ID M002154
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock Group
Alternate or previous names Davis
Related records 10282711

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.43762, 33.08287 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 11 MILES N-NW OF ARAVAIPA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rawhide Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 019E 18 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INDIAN CEDED LAND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FE TOO INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH MN TO BE ECONOMICAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Siderite Ore

Analytical data

Result 9.2 % MN, 22.3 % FE, 18 % CAO, 4 % SIO2, 1.8 % AL2O3, 0.8 % ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.43762, 33.08287

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 22 SW
    Length 76.2M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 42.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer L.K. Davis
Year of first production 1951
Year of last production 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY OPEN CUTS, 1 SHAFT, INCLINED AT 20 DEGREES FOR 140 FT.

Comments on development

  • SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7990, P. 90-91.

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 3842, P. 9-10.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANIFEROUS FLOAT PRESENT FOR ABOUT 150 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTHERNMOST OPEN CUT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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