The Black Bart Mine is a manganese mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.7325, -113.16750
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Black Bart Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Bart Mine
Secondary: Lucky
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Aguila District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Reg.Trends: Strands And Seams
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. MANY VEINS WITH 30 TO 210 M OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THEM.
Comment (Workings): FEW SHALLOW OPEN CUTS AND PITS
Comment (Geology): ORE MINERALIZATION IN 3 FRACTURE ZONES AT INTERVALS OF 100 TO 700 FEET
Comment (Location): IN BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. ALLEN GIVES SECTION 32, SW 1/4 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Production): A FEW TENS OF TONS OF ORE PRODUCED, NONE SHIPPED (1954)
References
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.
Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 604-BLACK BART MINE
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS IN WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843.
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