Black Burro Mine

The Black Burro Mine is a manganese mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,280 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

Name: Black Burro Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

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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