The Black Beauty Group is a manganese mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.74667, -109.24000
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Black Beauty Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Beauty Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Ash Peak District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Description: Ap_Grade: ^21.2 % Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
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: SEAMS AND IRREGULAR VEINLETS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Steep Northerly Trending Zones Of Shearing And Brecciation In Volcanic Rocks
Type: L
Description: Manganese Deposits Form Parallel Seams And Veinlets Within Fracture Zone - Brecciated Gangue
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Surface Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GANGUE COMPOSED OF BRECCIATED FRAGMENTS OF WALL ROCK, CALCITE, AND QUARTZ
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED SIX PLUS MINING CO.
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY COMPRISES 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; MORE HIGHLY MINERALIZED PART OF THE FRACTURE IS EXPOSED ABOUT 80 FT ALONG THE STRIKE.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED ONE OPENCUT WITH ABOVE DIMENSIONS
Comment (Location): 0.5 MILE NORTH OF THE CROW CLAIMS AND 0.5 MILE SE OF ASH PEAK, LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT LIES NEAR THE TOP OF A STEEP-SIDED RIDGE AND IS SIMILAR TO DEPOSITS FOUND ON THE A-1 GROUP CLAIMS AND THE CROW CLAIMS TO THE SOUTH.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: A-1 CLAIMS AND CROW CLAIMS FOR GEOLOGIAL INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 106.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, BLACK BEAUTY GROUP.
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.C. 7990 .
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