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Blackbird Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Barium-Barite, Silver, Selenium
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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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044324
MRDS ID M231722
Record type Site
Current site name Blackbird Prospect
Alternate or previous names Tognoni, Strode, Silver King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.86088, 38.54105 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position SOUTH END OF THE PANCAKE RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lockes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 054E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Selenium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Rhyolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Rhyolite Is Silicified And Brecciated.And Argillized,Cemented By Quartz

Analytical data

Result AN ORE SAMPLE FROM A 5 INCH VEIN AT THE TOP OF A SHAFT ASSAYED 12.59 % SB, 0.16 OZ AG, 0.04 % SE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.86088, 38.54105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Flow Bands In Rhyolite Strike N55e, Dip 55-65 Nw.

Ore body information

  • General form BLEBS, SMALL PODS, VEINLETS, ROSETTES, SINGLE CRYSTALS
    Strike N45-65E
    Dip 55-80 NW
    Width 0.41M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pancake Range

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Locke, Madison
    First year 1958

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVEN SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 149-151

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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