The Black Diamond Mine is a copper, silver, iron, and lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,946 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: 1,946 Feet (593 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Iron, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.84361, -109.92889
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Black Diamond Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Diamond Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Iron
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Titanium, Metal
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Middle Pass District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Englander (Keith,
Owner Name: Black Diamond Copper Mining Co. (Keith,
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1892
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
Form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Complex Tertiary Faulting Of Paleozoic And Cretaceous Sediments, Tertiary Intrusives
Type: L
Description: East Dipping, Nw Trending Thrust Sheets; Beds In Mine Area Are Of Variable Dip Due To Extensive Thrusting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Overlying Gossan Zone Is Up To 150 Ft Thick
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Hematite
Unknown: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Production): AT LEAST 7,000 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1903 TO ABOUT 1957.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED PENNERILL AND WES, PENNINGTON (1944), D.D. MATTOX (1938). CONSISTED OF 3 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1944.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT IS BY 4 TUNNELS BEING CONNECTED BY WINZES AND CHUTES, AND SEVERAL SHAFTS, TWO MAJOR WORKING LEVELS - UPPER DIVIDEND AND LOWER BARGE
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR PLACER GROUP
Comment (Deposit): PLACERS OCCUR IN PLACERITA AND FRENCH CREEKS, MAINLY IN THE VICINITY OF THEIR JUNCTION.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1890'S
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 68.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): CEDERSTROM, 1946, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL DRAGOON MOUNTAINS, ARIZ: UNIV. ARIZ. PHD THESIS.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ, BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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