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Black Warrior Prospects

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047396
MRDS ID M242687
Record type Site
Current site name Black Warrior Prospects
Alternate or previous names Black Warrior Peak Prospects, NBMG Sample Site 2890

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.251, 39.91683 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position ON NW FLANK OF BLACK WARRIOR PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russell Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 024E 26 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR TO POOR ROADS FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NBMG SAMPLE 2890 FROM INCLINE ON NORTH SIDE CONTAINS 0.2% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.003% TI, 20 PPM MN, 300 PPM AG, 70 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 500 PPM BI, 50 PPM CD, 30 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 15000 PPM PB, 10 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN. AA ANALYSIS SHOWED 0.10 PPM AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.251, 39.91683
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 50 E
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact Of Granodiorite With Metasediments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nightingale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE MAIN SHAFT ON THE NORTH AND A MINOR ONE FURTHER UP THE MOUNTAIN; PITS

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1 MAR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE NORTHENMOST SHAFT WAS SUNK ON AN 18-INCH QUARTZ VEIN BEARING N 20 W, 50 E, WHILE THE SOUTHERN INCLINE WAS SUNK ON A SMALLER, POSSIBLY PARALLEL VEIN WITH REDUCED MINERALIZATION. AREAS OF PYRITIZED GRANODIORITE AND HORNFELS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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