Black Warrior Mine (Neal Mine; Hurley Mine; McGregor Mine; Big Jim Mine; Graham Mine; Black Jim Mine; Shanahan claims; Black Warrior No. 11), Alamo Crossing, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
Latitude: 34°19'13"N
Longitude: 113°35'8"W
‡Ref.: Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 338, 342; Long, W.J., et al (1948), Concentration of Misc. oxide Mn ores from Yavapai, Yuma, Maricopa, & Mohave Cos., AZ: US Bur. Mines Rpt. Inv. 4291; Farnham, L.L. & L.A. Stewart (1958), Manganese deposits of western Arizona, US Bur. Mines Inf. Circ. 7843: 74; Wilson, E.D. & G.M. Butler (1930), Manganese ore deposits of AZ, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 127: 76; Long, W.J. (1948), Concentration of Miscellaneous Oxide Manganese Ores from Yavapai, Yuma, Maricopa, Mohave Counties, Arizona, US Bur. Mines Rept. Invest. 4291; Jones, Jr., E.L. & F.L. Ransome (1920), Deposits of manganese ore in Arizona, USGS Bull. 710-D: 149; USGS 15 minute Artllery Peak topo. map; Arizona State Land Dept. Master Lease file: 844; USGS 15 minute Artillery Peak map; US Bur. Mines War Mineral Rept. #308: 19-20; AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) Mohave Custom Mill proj. card file; MRDS files #10027643, 10234632, 10161738, 10259177 & 10027670.
A former underground Mn-Ag mine located 6 miles NE of Alamo Crossing. Operated 1940 - 1955.
34.32640; -113.59970.
Mineralization is a blanket orebody hosted in Artillery Sandstone. The bedded material has been enriched along faults that parallel the Common Corner fault wwith trends SE, dipping 65ºSW.The enriched material is psilomelane, which occurs in fault fractures, in vein-like deposits up to 6 feet (2 meters) wide.
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