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Black Diamond Mine, Artillery Peak, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Latitude: 34°19'41"N
Longitude: 113°32'31"W
‡Ref.: Farnham, L.L. & L.A. Stewart (1958), Manganese deposits of western Arizona, US Bur. Mines Inf. Circ. 7843: 38-40; Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals AZ Dept. of Mines and Mineral Resources Mineral Rpt. 4; Yale Peabody GNIS database (NOTE: this database is derived from USGS 1:24,000 topographic map data); Arizona State Land Dept. Mineral map; USGS Prescott map; USGS 15 minute Artillery Peak topo. map; AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) Mohave card fle; AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) Black Diamond-American Mine file; MRDS files #10027608, 10258875 & 10161964.

A former surface and underground Mn mine with traces of Au-V. Discovered 1941.

34.32940; -113.54110.

Mineralization is stringers and irregular nodules. The Mn content decreases toward the vein hanging wall. Hosted in unnamed metamorphic units and undevided Green Gulch volcanics.

Mineral List

Calcite
Gold
Manganite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrolusite


5 entries listed. 4 valid minerals.

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