Black Beauty Group

The Black Beauty Group is a manganese mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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 Beauty Group  

State:  Arizona

County:  Graham

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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