Black Top Mine, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USAi
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Black Top Mine | Mine |
Castle Dome Mining District | Mining District |
Castle Dome Mountains | Mountain Range |
Yuma County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° North , 114° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~9km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
33297
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33297:5
GUID (UUID V4):
51b90cff-8fa1-4eba-965a-a5ed767e092d
A Manganese mine located in the South-central sec. 35, T.4S., R.17W. (protracted). Owned by Neahr, Ruggles, and the Strugess-Worthington Mining Co.
Mineralization is pyrolusite and psilomelane in discontinuous, lenticular shoots of stringers and pods, with calcite, quartz and rock fragments in fracture veins cutting Cretaceous or Tertiary andesitic volcanics.
Workings comprise an open cut operation. This deposit was prospected in the WWI period and produced some 384 long tons of 26% Mn ore in 1954 and 1955.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ 'Psilomelane' Description: In discontinuous, lenticular shoots of stringers and pods in fracture veins cutting andesitic volcanics. |
ⓘ Pyrolusite Formula: Mn4+O2 Description: In discontinuous, lenticular shoots of stringers and pods in fracture veins cutting andesitic volcanics. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Psilomelane' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Mn | Manganese | |
Mn | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Kofa National Wildlife RefugeWildlife Refuge
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