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Arizona · Pima County

Black Jack Mine

Unconfirmed Manganese Mixed Underground / Surface

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Pima
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 small surface and underground Mn mine located on 4 unpatented claims in N-central sec. 36, T11S, R2E, G&SRM (protracted), in the Cimarron Mountains, 9 miles NW of Gu Achi. Operated in 1958 and 1959. Mineralization is psilomelane, wad, and o…

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 6 shaft symbols
  • 4 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • 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.

Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Hollandite
  • Manganite
  • Psilomelane
  • Wad

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

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

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (6)
  • mapped adit symbols (4)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 3298

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (4)

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

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