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Black Metal Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, Iron, Gold, Copper, Lead, Bismuth, Coal
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047169
MRDS ID M242422
Record type Site
Current site name Black Metal Mine
Alternate or previous names Day Mine, Gusset Patch Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59612, 38.09635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1939

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 66E 29 PROJECTED FROM EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA. DAY SHAFT IS ABOUT 2000 FT SOUTH OF THE JACKRABBIT INCLINE. UTM IS TO DAY SHAFT OF THE BLACK METAL MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Coal Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROVIDED FE-MN-CAO FLUXING ORE FOR EARLY SMELTERS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result SORTED ORE RUNS 40-50% MN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Highland Peak
    Rock description Highland Peak
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.59612, 38.09635
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSES
    Strike N65E; N25E (ORE PIPE)
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 15.24M
  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSES
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of A Prominent N-S Fissure With A N7oe (Tempest-Type) Fissure; Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Period 1918-1920
    Material ORE AG MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 3% Fe, 10%Mn, 40% Cao
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    CaO Calcium Calcium 40wt-pct
    Ore Manganese Manganese 10wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 3wt-pct
  • Year 1924
    Period 1919-1924
    Material ORE AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 10 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 282g/mt
  • Year 1924
    Period 1870-1924
    Material ORE AG MN FE CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg: 0.01 Oz/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt
  • Year 1927
    Period 1924-1927
    Material ORE MN AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 0.8% Pb, 0.2% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPING 50 TPD IN 1919, 1920, 1921; SHIPPING 1900 TONS/MONTH MN ORE IN 1926 (15-20% MN, 3 OZ/T AG, 0.8% PB) TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS PROBABLY 2.5 TO 3.0 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • DAY SHAFT, NEAR VERTICAL WITH LEVELS AT ABOUT 75-FT INTERVALS TO THE 1200 FT LEVEL. AT 300 LEVEL, THE SHAFT MADES CONNECTION WITH A SURFACE TUNNEL AND AT THE 900 LEVEL WITH A DRIFT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE JACK RABBIT INCLINED SHAFT. STOPING EXTENDS FROM SURFACE TO 900 FT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • OPERATED IN 1911-1912 BY DAY-BRISTOL CONSOLIDATED MINING CO; IDLE IN 1913. OPERATED 1919-1927, IDLE FROM 1927-1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 21, UNPUB. 1924 REPORT BY G.W. CRANE

  • Deposit

    USGS BUR 648, 1916

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 31

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.M., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK VOL XV, P. 1147-1148

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 710, 1919, P. 221

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., PT.I, 1907, P. 368, 1908, P. 493

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 171, 1932, P. 71-72

  • Production

    CRANE, G.W., 1924

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUCH ORE TAKEN FROM THE "A" BED STOPE BETWEEN 200 AND 400 LEVELS, FOLLOWING A CERTAIN LIMESTONE BED FOR 600 FT ON DIP, IRREGULARLY REPLACING IT FOR 50 FT OR MORE IN WIDTH. LARGEST ORE BODIES WERE STOPED FROM THE SURFACE TO THE 3RD LEVEL AND BETWEEN THE 4TH AND 9TH LEVELS. LOWER ORE BODIES OCCURED ALONG A N4SE FISSURE WHICH DIPS SE FROM 4TH TO 6TH LEVEL BUT BELOW THE 6TH LEVEL IT DIPS AN AVERAGE OF 50NW. THE ORE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A VERTICAL PIPE FROM WHICH "ORE BEDS" EXTEND OUT LATERALLY AT 3 HORIZONS INTO THE GENTLY-DIPPING LIMESTONES THAT ENCLOSE THE PIPE. AG-PB ORE OCCURRED IN THE CENTER OF THE PIPE WITH EXTERIOR ZONES PROGRESSIVELY HIGHER IN MN AND LOWER IN PB AND AG. THE ORE PIPE OR CHIMNEY OCCURS ALONG A VEIN (N25E) WHICH IS A BELT OF BRECCIATED ROCK 25 FT THICH WITH ANGULAR BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE COUNTRY ROCK ENCLOSED IN COARSE WHITE CALCITE. THE VEIN IS IRREGULAR IN THICKNESS, BULGING OUT WHERE IT CROSSES CERTAIN BEDS. THE REPLACEMENT BEDDED ORE THAT MAKES OFF FROM THE
Deposit CHIMNEY AT 3 HORIZONS IS KNOWN AS THE A, B AND C BEDS. THE A BED EXTENDS UP FROM PIPE AT 300-FT LEVEL, IS LARGE AND IRREGULAR WITH A FOOTWALL SURFACE STRIKING N65W, DIPPING 15N, STOPED 1-20 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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