USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · La Paz County
Black Rock Mine
Unconfirmed Lead Mixed Underground / Surface 4 mapped shafts 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- La Paz
- Mining district
- Silver District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Pacific Mines
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 shaft symbols
- 2 adit symbols
- Adit : Picacho , 1954
- Shaft : Picacho , 1954
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Black Rock Mining And Reduction Co. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Fluorite
- Quartz
- Anglesite
- Galena
- Limonite
- Pyrolusite
- Smithsonite
View all 9 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Fluorite
- Quartz
- Anglesite
- Galena
- Limonite
- Pyrolusite
- Smithsonite
- Wulfenite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (4)
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 1 historical document
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
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