Mine detail: Black Jack Group

Previously called 'Guame Property: Rock House Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.09039, -107.24392

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR PODS
Discovery year:	1939

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Tectonic:	Continental Platform Disrupted By Extensive Cenozoic Vulcanism And Basin And Range Deformation.

References

MRDS	D001313
DEP	10008855
Reference	{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.}{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L L, 1961 USBM IC8030, P118}
Reporter	Elliott, James E., Menzie, David