The Black Diamond Mine is a manganese mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,080 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: 2,080 Feet (634 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.32139, -113.53444
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Black Diamond Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Diamond Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Calcium
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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: G. H. Lewis, J. Lewis, Mrs. B. Thompson
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1952 - 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^19.3 % Mn
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^About 19 % 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: STRINGERS AND IRREGULAR NODULES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Manganite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): MINE CONSISTS OF 4 CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): OPEN WORKINGS ARE 50 FT. DEEP, PLANS WERE MADE IN 1956 TO OPEN PIT WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): USBM I.C. 7843, P. 38
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843, P. 38 - 40.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
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