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Black Hawk Mine, Eagle Tail Mining District, Eagletail Mts (Cemetary Ridge), La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
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Eagle Tail Mining DistrictMining District
Eagletail Mts (Cemetary Ridge)Mountain Range
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 21' 37'' North , 113° 26' 16'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.36028,-113.43778
GRN:
N23W68
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Salome1,530 (2011)49.6km
Vicksburg597 (2011)51.7km
Wenden728 (2011)52.3km
Utting126 (2011)67.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
33445
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33445:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Mn occurrence located in east-central sec. 10, T1S, R12W, in the Eagle Tail Mountains and Cemetery Ridge. NOTE: MRDS places this locality in the NE¼ sec. 12, T1S, R12W, on land of unknown status.

Mineralization is spotty pyrolusite and psilomelane mixed with jasper, calcite and quartz, in irregularly-spaced, lenticular bodies of stringers and veins in brecciated Cretaceous or Tertiary andesite flows and tuff, and in gneissic granodiorite intruded by granite.

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2 valid minerals.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘPyrolusite4.DB.05Mn4+O2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Psilomelane'-

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OOxygen
Oⓘ PyrolusiteMn4+O2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
MnManganese
Mnⓘ PyrolusiteMn4+O2

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Link to USGS MRDS:10113279

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References

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10113279, MAS ID #0040270108.
(1933) Geology and Mineral Deposits of Southern Yuma County, Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 134. Arizona Bureau of Minespp.142-143
Farnham, L. L., Stewart, L. A. (1958) Manganese Deposits of Western Arizona. Information Circular 7843. Bureau of Minesp.84
Keith, Stanton B. (1978) Index of Mining Properties in Yuma County, Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 192. Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology p.146 - Table 4
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
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