Mine detail: Black Beauty Group

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

32.74678, -109.24064

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Psilomelane
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	SEAMS AND IRREGULAR VEINLETS
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:	Tertiary Volcanic Flows
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Steep Northerly Trending Zones Of Shearing And Brecciation In Volcanic Rocks, Manganese Deposits Form Parallel Seams And Veinlets Within Fracture Zone - Brecciated Gangue
Tectonic:	Peloncillo Mountain Terrain
Alteration processes:	Surface Oxidation

References

MRDS	M001368
DEP	10026965
Reference	{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 106.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, BLACK BEAUTY GROUP.}{Production:: U.S.B.M. I.C. 7990 .}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J.