Black Gold Mine

The Black Gold Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,425 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Black Gold Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation: 3,425 Feet (1,044 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 31.695, -111.38361

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Black Gold Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Black Gold Mine


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Arivaca District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: E. Fernstrom And L. G. Fernstrom
Years: 1940 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1936
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1936
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: NARROW, LENSING, BRANCHING


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SECTION 13.

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS IN A QUARTZ VEIN.

Comment (Workings): MINE WAS CLOSED IN 1940 WHEN VEIN BECAME TOO NARROW TO WORK. 70-FT ADIT AND 40-FT SHAFT.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000788 (ELLIOT, J.E.) WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR25.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): LEMMON: 1945: UNPUBL. DATA.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZ. BUR MINES BULL. 148

Reference (Deposit): DALE ETAL, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS ...: USBM RI5650

Reference (Deposit): KEITH,S.B.,1974, ABM BULLETIN 189,P.104.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.W. 1945. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USGS UNPUB. DATA.


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