Black Warrior Mine

Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Antimony
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046786
MRDS ID M241994
Record type Site
Current site name Black Warrior Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.6837, 37.81133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631
Relative position 4.8 AIRMILES N35W OF SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 039E 31,32 SE OF NE (31); SW OF NW (32) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.3 MILE NW OF MOUTH OF EAGLE CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Reed Dolomite
    Rock description Reed Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.6837, 37.81133

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEINS-ROUGHLY TABULAR
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 137.16M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1876
Year of first production 1878

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Apex 76 Deep Mines Co., John Path, Jr - President/Owner
    Home office P.O. Box 170, Dayton, Nv 89403
    First year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Apex 76 Deep Mines Co., John Path, Jr - President/Owner
    Home office P.O. Box 170, Dayton, Nv 89403
    First year 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN 1878 ESTIMATE REPORTED 300 TONS OF $200 ORE WAS ON THE DUMP OF THE BLACK WARRIOR MINE

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS AND OTHER "CONSIDERABLE WORKINGS" ALONG A ZONE ABOUT 150 YDS, LONG. OPEN PIT IN 1980

Comments on development

  • AN 1878 REPORT STATED THAT 300 TONS OF $200 ORE WAS ON THE DUMP. PATENT WAS ISSUED ON THE CLAIM IN 1879 OWNED & MINED BY SILVER PEAK AND RED MOUNTAIN GOLD & SILVER MINING CO. IN 1879. LISTED AS AN ACTIVE, OPEN-PIT, GOLD-SILVER MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 4 PERSONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS OF QUARTZ AND JASPEROID (SILICIFIED MARBLE) PARALLEL TO OR OCCASIONALLY CROSSCUTTING BEDDING PLANES GOOD ORE IS CHARACTERIZED BY PRESENCE OF A BLACK METALLIC MINERAL IN DISSEMINATED STREAKS IN THE QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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