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Black Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042647
MRDS ID M060518
Record type Site
Current site name Black Eagle Mine
Related records 10125102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.44706, 40.2199 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 45 MI. SE OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Moses(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 040E 11,14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHERN END OF DISTRICT, IN WATER CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Wad Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 97
USGS model code 24c
Deposit model name Volcanogenic Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel Formation
    Rock description Pumpernickel Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.44706, 40.2199
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N45W
    Dip 30SW
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 249.94M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MN IN 3 NARROW, LENTICULAR BODIES CONSISTING OF INTIMATE MIXTURE OF MN OXIDES, WAD, AND SILICA. ORE CONSISTS OF VEINLETS OF MN OXIDES IN CHERT & A MN-OXIDE GROUND MASS WITH FINE PARTICLES OF CHERT & SILICA. MAIN ORE BODY 820 FEET LONG AVERAGING 35 FEET THICK. TWO SMALLER LENTICULAR PODS OR LENSES OCCUR 200 FEET SOUTH OF MAIN BODY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934

Mining district

District name Jersey Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ORE AVERAGED 21% MN

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN-PIT MINE, 1952-1953

Comments on development

  • OPEN-PIT MINED, 1952-1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    TRENGROVE, 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE DEPOSITS; USBM REPT. INV. 5446

  • Deposit

    NEEDHAM & TRENGROVE, 1950, INVESTIGATION OF BLACK DIABLO, BLACK EAGLE, & BLACK ROCK MANGANESE DEPOSITS, PERSHING & LANDER COUNTIES, NEV.; USMB REPT. INV. 4713

  • Production

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 NARROW LENSES
Deposit THE MINE WAS LOCATED IN 1934. MINED BY OPEN-PIT METHODS, PRODUCING 21% MN. ORE IN 1952-53 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Kirkham, Richard A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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