The Black Dome Prospect is a manganese mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,451 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: 3,451 Feet (1,052 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.00556, -112.44028
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Black Dome Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Dome Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Black Dome District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^17.5 % Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Geology): MANGANESE OCCURS IN SEAMS AND SMALL IRREGULAR MASSES SURROUNDING BRECIATED COUNTRY ROCK
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L. AND STEWART, L.A., 1958 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843 , P. 61
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