Black Brush deposit (Black Brush claims; Brush deposit; Western Mining and Exploration Co. property), Cherry Creek Canyon, Board Tree Saddle area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 58' 23'' North , 110° 54' 51'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Young | 666 (2011) | 15.0km |
| Gisela | 570 (2011) | 36.6km |
| Tonto Basin | 1,424 (2011) | 38.4km |
| Christopher Creek | 156 (2011) | 39.2km |
| Cibecue | 1,713 (2011) | 40.3km |
A U-Pb-Cu deposit located in sec. 4, T6N, R14E, on 10 claims, in the SE ¼ sec. 4, T6N, R14E, about 2 miles E of Board Tree Saddle on (to) the west of Cherry Creek Canyon, on National Forest land. 7 claims located by T.E. Ellison and 3 by C.A. Saylor. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 33.8869N, 110.9147W. Coordinates map to a point away from Cherry Creek Canyon to the west.
Mineralization is a vein deposit with a linear ore body hosted in quartzite. The ore body averages 1.5 feet thick and trends NNE along fractures. The ore is a few feet above hornfels that formed at the contact with diabase. Mineralization is localized at the intersection of fractures in black facies of Dripping Springs Quartzite. The deposit is about 80 feet above a diabase sill that cuts basal strata of the upper member of the Dripping Spring Quartzite. Nearly all the primary uranium minerals arein rocks in a 1 foot stratigraphic interval. Alteration includes the Dripping Springs, which is locally converted to hornfels just above the diabase.
Workings include a 70 foot (21.34 meters) drift and 35 foot (10.67 meters) crosscut. No production record.
Radioactivity: 0.75 to 5.0 mr/hr.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Hydroniumjarosite Formula: (H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' Description: As fracture fillings. |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Metatorbernite Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O Description: On fracture planes in near-surface portions of the deposit. |
| ⓘ Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS Description: Common disseminated constituent in hornfels & related metamorphic rocks. |
| ⓘ Torbernite Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ Uraninite Formula: UO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Uraninite | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Hydroniumjarosite | 7.BC.10 | (H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Torbernite | 8.EB.05 | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ | Metatorbernite | 8.EB.10 | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Hydroniumjarosite | (H3O)Fe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| H | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Hydroniumjarosite | (H3O)Fe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| O | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| O | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| P | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Hydroniumjarosite | (H3O)Fe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hydroniumjarosite | (H3O)Fe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| U | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| U | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10027324 |
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- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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- Arizona
- Tonto National ForestForest
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