The Black Gold Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,425 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
Elevation: 3,425 Feet (1,044 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 31.695, -111.38361
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Black Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Arivaca District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. Fernstrom And L. G. Fernstrom
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1936
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1936
Discovery Method: Unknown
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
Form: NARROW, LENSING, BRANCHING
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SECTION 13.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS IN A QUARTZ VEIN.
Comment (Workings): MINE WAS CLOSED IN 1940 WHEN VEIN BECAME TOO NARROW TO WORK. 70-FT ADIT AND 40-FT SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000788 (ELLIOT, J.E.) WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR25.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): LEMMON: 1945: UNPUBL. DATA.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZ. BUR MINES BULL. 148
Reference (Deposit): DALE ETAL, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS ...: USBM RI5650
Reference (Deposit): KEITH,S.B.,1974, ABM BULLETIN 189,P.104.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.W. 1945. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USGS UNPUB. DATA.
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