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Black Diamond Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Vanadium, Gold, Calcium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027608
MRDS ID M003512
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond Mine
Related records 10258875

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.53521, 34.32143 (WGS84)
Elevation 634
Relative position 11 MILES SE OF SIGNAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artillery Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011N 012W 06 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gold Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Artillery Formation
    Rock description Artillery Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.53521, 34.32143
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS AND IRREGULAR NODULES
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 62 NE
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Manganese Content Decreases Towards Vein Hanging Wall

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1952 - 1955

Mining district

District name Artillery Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. H. Lewis, J. Lewis, Mrs. B. Thompson

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1952 - 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^19.3 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 19wt-pct
  • Year 1955
    Period 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^About 19 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 19wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 48.77M
    Overall depth 76.2M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN WORKINGS ARE 50 FT. DEEP, PLANS WERE MADE IN 1956 TO OPEN PIT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • MINE CONSISTS OF 4 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843, P. 38 - 40.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    USBM I.C. 7843, P. 38

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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