The Black Diamond Claims is a asbestos mine located in Gila county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Black Diamond Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Diamond Claims
Commodity
Primary: Asbestos
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Sierra Ancha 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.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Roger Kyle, Fuller And Otterson
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Asbestos
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): STRIKE IS OF STRONG FRACTURE WHICH DRIFT FOLLOWS.
Comment (Location): PHILLIPS GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 32, T5N, R13E. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Commodity): RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.04 MR/HR, MAX 2.0 MR/HR
Comment (Workings): ASBESTOS WORKINGS NOT ELABORATED; URANIUM WORKINGS, ONE DRIFT AS OF 1955
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): USAEC RME-156, 1970.
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