Black Sue Group

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Manganese
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 10048185
MRDS ID M800249
Record type Site
Current site name Black Sue Group
Related records 10186634

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22215, 33.64617 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILES S OF BLACK QUEEN MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Horn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(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 009W 31,30 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22215, 33.64617

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY SW
    Length 106.68M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Discoverer J.N. House

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Curry, L. W. And Heise, T. S.
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner House, J. N.
    First year 1954

Comments on the production information

  • 40 TONS OF ORE BEING MINED PER DAY IN 1954

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 18 FEET DEEP IN 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM AND STEWART, USBM IC 7843, 1958, P.22-23

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.

  • Production

    ALLEN, 1985, P. 78.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. LOCALIZED AT THE TOP OF THE DEAD HORSE SECTION IN THE HANGING WALL OF AN EAST STRIKING, MODERATE- TO LOW-ANGLE SOUTH DIPPING NORMAL FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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