The Black Magic Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.7475, -112.96917
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Black Magic Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Magic Prospect
Secondary: Mary D Claims
Secondary: Joy
Secondary: Black Diamond
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Quartz
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Camp Wood District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1942
Description: Ap_Grade: ^60 % Wo3
Year: 1937
Description: Ap_Grade: ^52 - 63 % Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): QUARTZ IS GRAYISH-WHITE AND CRYSTALLINE
Comment (Deposit): SCATTERED WOLFRAMITE UP TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER. COARSELY CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ OCCURS AS VEIN FILLINGS 3 IN TO 10 FT IN WIDTH.
Comment (Geology): TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION OBSERVED AT THE SURFACE DID NOT EXTEND TO THE ADIT LEVEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078, P. 42.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148 , P. 22.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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