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Black Metal Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037346
MRDS ID M032027
Record type Site
Current site name Black Metal Mine
Alternate or previous names Lane Shaft, Lane Claims, Black Medal Claims, Groom South End Mine. Shaft, Groom South End Mine.
Related records 10246318

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.76948, 37.33218 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 72 MILES W-SW OF CALIENTE; 23 MILES S-SW OF TEMPIUTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahranagat Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
07S 55E 14 PROJECTED FROM EAST SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2000 FT S OF GROOM MINE, UNSURVEYED AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 6-22% ZN, 30% PB, 30% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lyndon Limeston, Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn Quartzite
    Rock description Lyndon Limeston, Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.76948, 37.33218
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Homoclinal Sequence, Complexly Faulted Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Main Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ALONG STEEP FISSURES RELATED TO THE MAIN FAULT. LIMESTONE IS COMMONLY SILICIFIED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Groom District District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDED IN ENTIRE DISTRICT RECORD-SEE GROOM MINE REPORT

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT (LANE SHAFT)-ORE TAKEN FROM STOPE AT THE 110 FOOT LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

  • Deposit

    HUMPHREY, F. L., 1945, NBMG BULL 42, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W. H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1219.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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