Black Rock Prospect S

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite, Mercury
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047080
MRDS ID M242328
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock Prospect S

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.83871, 37.76605 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhyolite Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 037E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • POOR ACCESS THE LAST HALF MILE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES 1981, 1983 AND 1984 WERE ANOMALOUS IN MN, BA, HG, WITH MINOR AG EXCEPT FOR 1983 WHICH HAD 100 PPM AG. SAMPLE 1981 HAD 0.4 PPM AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.83871, 37.76605

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Silver Peak Caldera Intermoat Sediments

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE-LIKE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hot Spring Area

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Peak (Red Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, PROSPECT PITS AND A SHAFT

Comments on development

  • EARLY EXPLORATION WAS PROBABLY NOT FOR MN BUT FOR PRECIOUS METALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA:

  • Deposit

    BENSON 1950 USBM R.I. 4717

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 5-20-84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE OXIDES IN PIPELIKE BODIES OF CALLAREOUS AND OPALINE SPRING SINTER . SOME OF THE VEIN MATERIAL IS MN-RICH CHALCEDONY, OTHERS ARE VUGGY MN-RICH QUARTZ. MANY OF THE LATTER TYPE LOOK LIKE THE OUTCROPS OF THE MOHAWK VEIN, AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE REASON FOR SO MUCH PROSPECTING ON THESE DEPOSITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.