Black King Mine, Tank Mountains Mining District, Tank Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USAi
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Black King Mine | Mine |
Tank Mountains Mining District | Mining District |
Tank Mountains | Mountain Range |
Yuma County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 12' 59'' North , 113° 45' 46'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Dateland | 416 (2011) | 51.0km |
Brenda | 676 (2011) | 54.2km |
La Paz Valley | 699 (2011) | 59.9km |
Quartzsite | 3,626 (2017) | 66.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
33826
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33826:1
GUID (UUID V4):
89781dfc-2a0b-47d3-8aac-e55e0ec2a91c
A manganese mine located in the center of sec. 25 & the NW¼NW¼ sec 36, T2S, R15W, on federal land.
Mineralization is separate and discontinuous, lenticular pods of pyrolusite, psilomelane, and manganiferous calcite in fissure zones in Tertiary andesitic flows, tuffs, and breccia.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite Formula: (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
ⓘ 'Psilomelane' |
ⓘ Pyrolusite Formula: Mn4+O2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
ⓘ | var. Manganese-bearing Calcite | 5.AB.05 | (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Psilomelane' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
O | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
Mn | Manganese | |
Mn | ⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
Mn | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10257153 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Kofa National Wildlife RefugeWildlife Refuge
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