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Black Warrior Mine

Past Producer in Mohave 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027670
MRDS ID M003772
Record type Site
Current site name Black Warrior Mine
Alternate or previous names Hurley
Related records 10210879

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.60439, 34.32587 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES N OF ALAMO

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 013W 03 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1948 ASSAYS: MN, 23.2 , 25.0 , 30.9 , 33.2 %
Result FE, 0.9 , 1.1 , 1.2 , 1.5 %
Result AL, 8.6 , 8.7 , 6.1 , 7.3 %
Result CU, 0.3 , 0.2 , 0.3 , 0.3 %
Result PB, 0.05 , 0.05 , 0.05 , 2.0 %.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.60439, 34.32587
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 85 W
    Dip 22 SW
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE ORE IS LOCALLY MASSIVE, BUT MAINLY OCCURS AS CEMENTING MEDIUM OF SANDSTONE GRAINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1954

Mining district

District name Artillery Peak District

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^10.6 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Manganese Manganese 11wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 115.82M
    Overall depth 21.34M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONG, W.J., 1948 , CONCENTRATION OF MISCELLANEOUS OXIDE MANGANESE ORES FROM YAVAPAI, YUMA, MARICOPA, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. R.I. 4291

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.C. 7843, P. 49

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BEDS ARE UNIFORM AND CONTINUOUS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Johnson, K. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Creasey, S. C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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