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Black Crow Mine Group

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. 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 10104091
MRDS ID M241496
Record type Site
Current site name Black Crow Mine Group
Alternate or previous names J.M. Meadows, House Claims, Black Bear, Atkins, Meadow
Related records 10283191

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.07993, 33.7845 (WGS84)
Elevation 707
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 1/2 MILES SW OF BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT., Point On Quad Picked As An Average Location For Group. Of Adits.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(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 008W 10;15 S2 OF SE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE NE EDGE OF BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. THERE ARE 3 SIGHTS, THE LOCATED POINT FOR THE GROUP IS IN THE CENTER OF THEM. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.07993, 33.7845
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W TO DUE W
    Dip STEEP S TO VERTICAL
    Length 24.38M
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1919
Year of last production 1930

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Susie Shorter

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS ARE MOSTLY DISCOVERY SHAFTS, 10 FT. DEEP. ONE 50 FT SHAFT AND ONE 70 FT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED: AGUILA MINING AND MILLING CORP., BOLLMAN AND TWENSTRU. CLAIMS INCLUDED: HOUSE CLAIMS PLUS 3 OTHERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, USBM IC 7843.

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 641-BLACK CROW MINE.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • 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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE 3 PARALLEL VEINS 50 TO 250 FT APART, 2 TO 5 FT WIDE. ALL DIP STEEPLY S. BEST ORE IS LOCATED IN A LENTICULAR SHOOT AT 50 FT LEVEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 Steinzig, Kathryn L. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-95 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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