Black Hawk Mine

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper, Vanadium
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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10048181
MRDS ID M800239
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hawk Mine
Related records 10186723

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.82047, 33.80895 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MI S OF VULTURE MINE, Location Based On Physical Description In Admr Files

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vulture Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 005W 06 CENTER OF N2 OF N/2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Copper Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.82047, 33.80895

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 66-72N
    Length 304.8M
    Width 3.35M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vulture District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New Monte Cristo Mining Co
    First year 1927

Comments on the production information

  • SOME LEAD ORE MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 198.12M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT 200 FT DEEP WITH 50 FT CROSSCUTS AT BOTTOM, 3 0 FT CROSSCUTS AT 50 AND 100 FT LEVELS, WINZE AT 200 FT LEVEL EXTENDS DOWN 200 FT MORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA, CLIPPINGS, REPORTS

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M800239 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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