The Black Butte Prospect is a tungsten and manganese mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,120 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,120 Feet (951 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.02028, -112.47750
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Black Butte Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Butte Prospect
Secondary: Pand G
Secondary: Dugan
Secondary: Castle Butte
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Castle Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Schistosity Strikes N 60 E, Dips 40 Nw; Pegmatite Dikes N 35 E, 76 Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY: 43.8 % MN , 1.23 % WO3, 15 % SI. PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE ASSAY ABOUT 1% WO3.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Hollandite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ANOTHER OCCURANCE OCCURS ALONG THE PEGMATITE DIKE. VEIN IS 1.5-2.0 FT WIDE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT, AN OPENCUT 12 FEET HIGH AND A FEW SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000837 OF JAMES E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148, P. 25.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078, P. 33.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MR-25.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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