Black Chief

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Manganese, Silica, Titanium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210306
MAS/MILS ID 0040251529
Record type Site
Current site name Black Chief
Alternate or previous names Black Warrior, Black Chief Copper, Uncle Sam

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.12074, 34.60395 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 014 N 002 E 11 SESWSE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Silica Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Pliocene to middle Miocene deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cole, Anthony
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CHERRY QUAD

  • Deposit

    HARRER C M RECON OF IRON RESOURCES IN AZ USBM IC 8236 1964

  • Deposit

    P 99, 63 AND 96

  • Deposit

    ADMR BLACK CHIEF FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.