Mine detail: Black Cat Claims

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Location

Lat / long:

32.87261, -109.0762

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1953

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Steep Northerly Trending Zones Of Shearing And Brecciation In Volcanic Rocks, Ore Lenses Are Separated Along Both The Strike And Dip By Barren Intervals Or By Stringers Of Ore Too Narrow To Mine
Tectonic:	Gila River Watershed; Low Ridge Terrain West Of The Summit Mountains (New Mexico)
Alteration processes:	Surface Oxidation

References

MRDS	M001678
DEP	10108999
Reference	{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 103-4.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, BLACK CAT GROUP.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, BLACK CAT GROUP.}{Production:: U.S.B.M. I.C. 7990, P. 103-4.}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Calder, Susan R.