Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formWEDGE
Ore controlOre Occurs Near Contact Of Volcanic With Basement. Sone Movement Has Occurred Along This Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsManganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff · Basalt, Andesite, Tuffs, Flow Breccia
Associated rockGneiss
StructureLittle Horn Peak Fault
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10027086
MRDS IDM001971
Alternate namesBlack Warrior, Black Rock Nos. 1, 3
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.7395, -113.17687
References
FARNHAM, L.L, AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA, U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843.ADMR BLACK ROCK FILEUSBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NUMBER 604-BLACK ROCK MINEALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.