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Arizona · Mohave County

Black Burro

Unconfirmed Manganese Mixed Underground / Surface

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Mohave
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Manganese
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former Mn-flagstone-U (trace) occurrence/mine located in the W½ sec. 20 (center E½E½ sec. 31 ??), T11N, R14W, G&SRM, about 4.4 miles SW of Fools Peak, on Bureau of Land Management administered land. Discovered in 1952 by William D. Goyn and still own…

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  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • W. D. Goyn · Source-reported owner · 1958

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • commodity:Dimension Stone
  • commodity:Manganese
  • commodity:Uranium
  • Psilomelane
  • Pyrolusite
  • Sandstone

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 106212

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (6)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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