The Black Crow Mine is a manganese mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,880 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: 1,880 Feet (573 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.34389, -113.62361
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Black Crow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Crow Mine
Secondary: Neilson
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Artillery 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
Time Period: 1953 - 1954
Description: Cp_Grade: ^18.6 % Mn
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: TABULAR BEDS AND PODS IN SHEAR ZONE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Manganite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ATLITUDE OF SHEAR IN PREC. GRANITE IS GIVEN
Comment (Workings): OPENCUTS ARE ABOUT 10 TO 12 FEET DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L. AND L.A. STEWART, 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 48 -
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