Black Hawk Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048054
MRDS ID M800020
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hawk Mine
Related records 10161611

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03074, 34.59838 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 1 MILE NE OF CHERRY, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 003E 16 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED FROM U.S.G.S. P.P. 308

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cherry Quartz Diorite (Informal)
    Rock description Cherry Quartz Diorite (Informal)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03074, 34.59838

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dike Trend N 40 E

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 55 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEIN IN QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jd Lovett, Rh Tucker Ro Wocomber

Comments on the production information

  • 30 CARS OF GOLD ORE AVERAGING $25/TON WERE SHIPPED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 97.54M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 200 FT DEEP FILLED WITH WATER IN 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 308, P. 176

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.