Mine detail: Black Pearl Mine

Previously called 'Camp Wood Tungsten Mine'

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.68754, -113.03548
dep_id: 10027556
mrds_id: M003351
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Minor mineral: Semiprecious Gemstone, Quartz
Trace mineral: Bismuth, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Silver, Specularite, Wolframite
gangue: Beryl, Biotite, Hornblende, Muscovite, Orthoclase, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR, EN ECHELON
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidized At Least 40 Feet Below Out Crop.
ore_ctrl: Faulting
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Hornblendite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Year first produced: 1915
disc_yr: 1914
prod_yrs: 1915-1935, 1951-1956
References:
  • Deposit:: DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078, P. 43.
  • Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148, P. 21.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP MR-25.
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A., 1955, USGS PP 278.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
  • Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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