Black Diamond Claims

The Black Diamond Claims is a asbestos mine located in Gila county, Arizona.

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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 Diamond Claims

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation:

Primary Mineral: Asbestos

Lat, Long: 33.73222, -111.04306

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Black Diamond Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Black Diamond Claims

Commodity

Primary: Asbestos
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Sierra Ancha District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest

Holdings

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Roger Kyle, Fuller And Otterson

Production

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Orebody

Structure

Alterations

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Materials

Ore: Torbernite

Ore: Asbestos

Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: STRIKE IS OF STRONG FRACTURE WHICH DRIFT FOLLOWS.
Comment Type: Location	Comment: PHILLIPS GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 32, T5N, R13E. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment Type: Commodity	Comment: RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.04 MR/HR, MAX 2.0 MR/HR
Comment Type: Workings	Comment: ASBESTOS WORKINGS NOT ELABORATED; URANIUM WORKINGS, ONE DRIFT AS OF 1955

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference Category: Other Database	Reference: CIMRI
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: USAEC RME-156, 1970.