Mine detail: Black Rock Group

Previously called 'Black WarriorBlack Rock Nos. 13'

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Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.7395, -113.17687
dep_id: 10027086
mrds_id: M001971
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: WEDGE
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Ore Occurs Near Contact Of Volcanic With Basement. Sone Movement Has Occurred Along This Contact
Reporter: Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo), Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_unit: Basalt, Andesite, Tuffs, Flow Breccia
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Little Horn Peak Fault
disc_yr: 1916
References:
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L, AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843.
  • Deposit:: ADMR BLACK ROCK FILE
  • Deposit:: USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NUMBER 604-BLACK ROCK MINE
  • Deposit:: ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.
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