Mine detail: Black Copper Mine

Previously called 'Warrior Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.41258, -110.89375

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Chrysocolla
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1896
Last production ended:	1919

Geology

Host rock:	Pinal Schist
Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	On Westward Extension Of Black Warrior Fault Zone, Where It Intersects Nw-N Trending Pinto Fault, Pinto Fault Strikes N, Dips 35e, Dacite Is Hanging Wall On E Side, Schist Is Footwall, Throw Is About 400 Ft

References

MRDS	M241237
DEP	10046326
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS PP 12, 1903, P 156-157}{Deposit:: USGS PP 342, 1962, P 135-136 AND PLATE 1}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.