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Black Diamond 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. 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. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027712
MRDS ID M003917
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond Mine
Related records 10283781

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.97692, 36.6261 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 18 MILES S OF LITTLEFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacobs Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Littlefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grand Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 037N 016W 12 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.97692, 36.6261
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENTICULAR
    Length 91.44M
    Width 21.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Black Diamond District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^31 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 31wt-pct
  • Year 1950
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^27.6 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 28wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT ADITS AND SEVERAL OPENCUTS

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. 56

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.C. 7843 , P. 56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEST ORE IN CENTRAL ZONE 2 - 20 FEET WIDE, 140 FEET LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-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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