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Black Rock Mine

Occurrence in Lander 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045908
MRDS ID M233794
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22845, 40.59879 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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)

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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 042E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ONE MILE EAST OF THE BUFFALO VALLEY MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Hauallah
    Rock description Hauallah
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22845, 40.59879
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE IS IN HAVALLAH CHERTS AND QUARTZITE. THE MINERALIZATION IS A MASSIVE BLACK ORE COATED WITH MANGANESE OXIDES OF RED AND BLACK. SOME PSILOMELANE, WAD, RHODOCHROSITE ARE IN EVIDENCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buffalo Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • 3 SHORT ADIT AND THREE OPEN CUTS ON WEST SIDE OF MT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J./BENTZ, J. FIELD EXAMINATION, MAY 11, 1982

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Martin, Paul (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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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