The Black Beauty Group is a tungsten mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,151 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: 5,151 Feet (1,570 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.68889, -110.05917
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Black Beauty Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Beauty Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Lithium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Black Beauty District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: W. L. Woodrow And Marvin Johnston
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1916
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.Late Tertiary Uplift And Faulting.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Biotite
Unknown: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Workings): 1 OPENCUT 12 BY 50 FEET AND 15 FT. DEEP. 2 SMALL CUTS,1 SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH AND A PROSPECT TRENCH 150 FT. LONG
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SCHEELITE BEARING QUARTZ VEINS CUT PRECAMBRIAN SCHISTS NEAR CONTACT WITH PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. AT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF OPENCUT, NARROW DIKE OF ALTERED ANDESITE CUTS SCHIST.LIME COATS FRACTURES IN ANDESITE.
Comment (Deposit): BLACK BEAUTY GROUP CONSISTS OF THREE UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): ITEM 1 IS ONLY KNOWN PRODUCTION
Comment (Development): PRODUCTION CEASED AFTER 1955. AS OF 1959 THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT WAS ON THE PROPERTY: DIESEL GENERATOR 6X10 FT. WATER TANK, JAW CRUSHER, BIRATING SCREENS AND CONCENTRATING TABLE
Comment (Deposit): M70 AND M80 REFER TO MOST HEAVILY MINERALIZED VEIN. SCHEELITE IS SPORADIC BUT LOCALLY ABUNDANT IN MASSES UP TO FOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER. MORE TOURMALINIZED VEINS STRIKE N80E, DIP 85 SE. N40W, DIP 55 NE. EW, DIP SLIGHTLY N. ZONE OF SCHEELITE-BEARING VEINS IS 25 FT. WIDE, 200 FT. LONG. THOUGH SOME SCHEELITE IS FOUND INTERMITTANTLY OVER DISTANCE OF THREE MILES.
References
Reference (Production): DALE, V.B. 1959
Reference (Deposit): 1959 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU MINES R.I. 551
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5516
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