The Black Cat Claims is a manganese mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,560 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: 4,560 Feet (1,390 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.8725, -109.07556
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Black Cat Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Cat Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Twin Peaks 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: L. A. Billingsley And Lewis Dean
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Steep Northerly Trending Zones Of Shearing And Brecciation In Volcanic Rocks
Type: L
Description: Ore Lenses Are Separated Along Both The Strike And Dip By Barren Intervals Or By Stringers Of Ore Too Narrow To Mine
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Surface Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 103-4.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, BLACK CAT GROUP.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, BLACK CAT GROUP.
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.C. 7990, P. 103-4.
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