The Black Rock Group is a manganese mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,681 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: 3,681 Feet (1,122 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.0775, -109.29278
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Black Rock Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Rock Group
Secondary: Black Magic Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Matt And Ed Danenhauer; N. T. Jackson; Ernest W Foote : Danenhauer Business Service
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1906
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Large Fault Between Limestone And Precambrian Granite That Comprises Massivebluffs Overlooking The San Francisco River
Type: L
Description: Upper Contact Of Chert And Limestone Is Very Irregular; Most Ore Exposures Are Located On The Canyon Walls 20 To 40 Ft Above The Bed Of The Gulch
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Manganese Ore Occurs As Replacement Of Limestone Bordering Large Fault; Replacement Of Crushed Chert Particles In Brecciated Areas
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1952 ASSAY VALUES RANGED FROM 12-48% MN.
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1/4 MILE NORTH OF LIMESTONE GULCH IN AN UNNAMED WASH; WASH IS LOCATED 1/4 MILE NE OF MOUTH OF LIMESTONE GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED 40 FT ADIT, 50 FT DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT, 27 FT DEEP SHAFT WITH 13 FT OF DRIFTS, 4 OPEN CUTS, SEVERAL SMALL OPEN PROSPECT PITS, AND SMALL MILL ON THE SAN FRANCISCO RIVER. MINING CONSISTED OF OPENING UP SMALL VEINS OR ORE LENSES ON THE SIDES OF THE CANYON WALLS AND SCRAPING OUT ORE.
Comment (Geology): WHERE FRACTURING WAS MODERATE, MANGANESE MINERALS WERE DEPOSITED IN THE FRACTURES AND REPLACED PART OF THE LIMESTONE WALLS. IN BRECCIATED AREAS, THE MANGANESE MINERALS REPLACED THE CRUSHED CHERT PARTICLES AND FORMED HIGH-GRADE POCKETS. MANGANESE ORE IS PRIMARILY LOCATED IN THE CHERT BED RATHER THAN IN THE LIMESTONE WALL ROCK OR GRANITE BEDS.
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY TOTALS 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. STRIKE AND DIP ARE ESTIMATED. AT THE MOUTH OF THE CANYON, THE ERRATICALLY MINERALIZED CHERT BED IS ABOUT 50 FT THICK. 0.1 MILE FURTHER UP THE WASH, ORE-BEARING CHERT BEDS ARE EXPOSED TO LENGTHS OF 150 FT.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED GORDON S. BUTTORFF; TOM U. WOLFE; MANGANESE VALLEY MINES INC; MINES CONTRACTING INC; DANENHAVER BROTHERS; UNITED STATES MANGANESE CORPORATION (BROCK AND SCHUSTER)
References
Reference (Production): USBM I.C. 7990, P. 101.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, BLACK ROCK MINES.
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, BLACK ROCK MINE.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 43, SAN FRANCISCO RIVER GEOLOGY COMMENTS.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, BLACK ROCK GROUP.
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7990, P. 101-102.
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