Mine detail: Black Eagle Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.45125, -110.71678

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese, Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Wad
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1918
Last production ended:	1930

Geology

Host rock:	Concha Limestone;Scherrer Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Silicic Lavas And Flow Breccias With Subordinate Silicic Tuffs And Smaller Bodies Of Limestone Conglomerate, Fracture Zone Roughtly Parallels Bedding Planes Of Silicified Limestone
Tectonic:	American Mine Fault Block, Upthrow To Ne
Alteration processes:	Replacement Of Limestone By Irregular Ore Bodies

References

MRDS	M899942
DEP	10109891
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND C.W. DELONG, 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7990, P. 169-170}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, BLACK EAGLE GROUP}{Deposit:: MOORES, RICHARD C., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA,P.76}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGNOIA MOUNTAINS, AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P. 8-9}{Deposit:: KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 57}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762(1:48000)}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, BLACK EAGLE MINE}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, BLACK EAGLE MINE}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.