Mine detail: Black Diamond Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.25592, -111.09014

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1927
Last production ended:	1940

Geology

Host rock:	Martin Limestone
Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	In Quartz Diorite Body S Of Silver King Quartz Diorite Porphyry, Deyonian Martin Limestone And Precambrian Diabase Directly S. Of Mine

References

MRDS	M899888
DEP	10048318
Reference	{Deposit:: SHORT, M.N., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUPERIOR MINING AREA, ARIZONA, 1943, ABM BULLETIN 151, PLATE 1}{Deposit:: USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-253, 1962}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.)