The Black Burro Mine is a manganese mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,280 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: 1,280 Feet (390 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.25333, -113.74806
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Black Burro Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Burro Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Black Burro 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: Goyn, William D.
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1952
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: LENSES, DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE RUNS 820 LONG TONS AT 18% MN AND 29 TONS AT 0.01% U308
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): MANGANESE ORES DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT SANDSTONE BED WITH SOME ENRICHMENT ALONG FRACTURES.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS AND OPEN STOPES ADJACENT TO TWO INCLINED SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM I.C. 7843, 1958, P. 54
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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