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Black Bird Claims

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Iron
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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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046891
MRDS ID M242117
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bird Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.2617, 40.77798 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position IN MORRIS BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Morris Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N;033N 068E;068E 33,34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP & RANGE, PROJECTED FROM THE NORTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Recrystallization Of Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.2617, 40.77798
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone, Strikes E, Dips Steeply N; Slickensides Parallel Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip STEEPLY N
    Thickness 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone; Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1981
Discoverer Joe Breen

Mining district

District name South Of Proctor District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joebreen

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, STEVE, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 10/7/82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE QUARTZ WITH IRON-STAINING AND BOXWORK; CALCITEVEINS. 6 INCH-WIDE BRECCIA ZONE IN QUATZITE IS CEMENTED BY CALCITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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