Black Horse Group Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008824
MRDS ID D001261
Record type Site
Current site name Black Horse Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold King Mine, Gold King Nos. 1 and 2 Claims, California Group.
Related records 10247075

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.31752, 39.14994 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES NE OF SACRAMENTO PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sacramento Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 068E 23,24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 4 CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ORE GRADE WAS ABOUT 0.9 OZ/T AU, 0.6 OZ/T AG
Result W ORE AVERAGED 2 % WO3 WITH NO MNO.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.31752, 39.14994

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Decollement Fault Dipping Nnw Separates Quartzite From Cambrian Limestone And Shale.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Complexly Folded And Faulted

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 0.91M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Occur Along Bedding Plane Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN TWO QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS ALONG BEDDING FAULTS ORE IN TWO QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS ALONG BEDDING FAULTS. LIMESTONE, SHALE, CARBONACEOUS SHALE AND CARBONACEOUS LIMESTONE; STRIKING E, DIP N.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Horse

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amalgamated Nevada Mines Co.
    First year 1910
    Last year 1912

Production statistics

  • Year 1913
    Period 1906-1913
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 25g/mt
  • Year 1944
    Period 1941-1944,1953
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Silver Silver 17g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS LESS THAN 500 UNITS WO3

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS AND SEVERAL SHAFTS WITH ABOUT 300 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. "GOOD SURFACE SHOWINGS."

Comments on development

  • PRODUCED GOLD 1906-1913. SCHEELITE WAS PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1943-1953. A 25 TPD CONCENTRATING PLANT WAS IN OPERATION FROM 1943-1944.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP MR-25.

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C.,JR.,AND SMITH,R.M.,1976, NBMG BULL 85, P. 46-47.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA; IN PREPARATION.

  • Deposit

    STAMBAUGH, J.W. 1912, NBMG FILE 324, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1963, NBMG FILE 324, ITEM 3

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 324, CLIPPINGS- SEVERAL FROM ENG.AND MIN. JOUR.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 50-83.

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP MF 1244-A

  • Deposit

    TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR BLM 11.) COUCH,B.F., & CARPENTER,J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P.1

  • Production

    SMITH, 1976; STAGER,H.K.,IN PREP., COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943, P. 150.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES ARE IN 2 QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS ALONG BEDDING FAULTS. VEINS PINCH AND SWELL ALONG STRIKE AND DIP. BLACK HORSE TUNGSTEN VEIN WAS MINED FOR SCHEELITE TO A DEPTH OF 100 FT, AND EXPLORED TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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