The Black Jack Mine is a manganese mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,201 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: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.42806, -112.12111
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Black Jack Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Jack Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1956, 1958-1959
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^35% Mn 1956
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: East-Striking Bedding-Plane Fault, Footwall Of Quartzite, Hanging Wall Of Limestone. Mineralization In South Wing Of Apparent Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS DURING MID-1950'S, YEARS ARE UNKNOWN, PROPERTY WAS IDLE IN 1956 .
Comment (Location): WITHIN PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION, UNSURVEYED.
Comment (Development): MINE WORKED IN 1958 AND 1959; 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): MINERAL DEPOSITION WAS CONTINUOUS IN MANY PARTS OF THE MINE, BUT WAS ALSO CONFINED TO BEDS FROM 4 TO 6 FEET THICK. TO THE SOUTH AND WEST, IN THE MINE, THE MINERALIZATION DECREASED TO PODS AND STRINGERS.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, 60 DEG SE
Comment (Deposit): STELLA MARIS MINE IS ON NORTH SIDE OF CANYON AND NORTH WING OF ANTICLINE, M000039,M002289 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., AND DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM IC 7990 , P. 113 - 14 .
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Production): USBM IC 7990 , P. 113
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