The Black Hawk Mine is a gold and lead mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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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
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Black Hawk Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Hawk Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Vulture District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: New Monte Cristo Mining Co
Years: 1927 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M800239 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964
Comment (Production): SOME LEAD ORE MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED
Comment (Workings): 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT 200 FT DEEP WITH 50 FT CROSSCUTS AT BOTTOM, 3 0 FT CROSSCUTS AT 50 AND 100 FT LEVELS, WINZE AT 200 FT LEVEL EXTENDS DOWN 200 FT MORE
References
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA, CLIPPINGS, REPORTS
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