Mine detail: Black Gold Iron Prospect

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.59811, -112.12546
dep_id: 10027276
mrds_id: M002691
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
orebody_fm: LINEAR BAND
conc_proc: Possibly Sedimentary Deposits In Which Iron And Silica Formed As Chemical Precipitates. May Also Have Formed By Later Metamorphism Of Some Other Iron Mineral, Or Deposited As Primary Magnetite.
Reporter: Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)
hrock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., 1964 , RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236 , P. 9
  • Reserve-Resource:: U.S.B.M. CARD FILE
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