Black Magic Prospect

The Black Magic Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Black Magic Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

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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