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Black Prince Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Zinc
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103585
MRDS ID M032040
Record type Site
Current site name Black Prince Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Prince Group, NBMG Sample Site 1436
Related records 10295421

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.53278, 37.93079 (WGS84)
Relative position 4-8 MILES W OF PIOCHE, 1/2 MILE SE OF WHEELER RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(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)

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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
01N 66E 25 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYROLUSITE CARRIES BOTH AG AND AU.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrolusite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SILICEOUS MN ORE AVERAGES 13% MN, 7 OZ AG, 1% PB-ZN COMBINED MAX PB CONTENT IS 5% . SAMPLE 1436 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20 % CA, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 200 PPM BA, 100 PPM CU, 200 PPM SB, 500 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN.. SAMPLE 1436 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20 % CA, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 200 PPM BA, 100 PPM CU, 200 PPM SB, 500 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mendha;Highland Peak
    Rock description Mendha;Highland Peak

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.53278, 37.93079
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Plate
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 51 SE?
    Length 2133.6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FISSURE CAN BE TRACED 7000 FEET ON SURFACE IN THRUST PLATE OF MENDHA AND HIGHLAND PEAK FORMATIONS. AN ALTERED GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE PARALLELS THE FISSURE FOOTWALL. DIKE AND LIMESTONE ON FOOTWALL ALSO MINERALIZED. VALUES INCREASE DOWN SHAFT, ORE UP TO 35 FEET THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Highland District District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Altera Resources And Frejonley Mining
    First year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Black Prince Mining Co.
    Home office J. B. Wheeler, President And Director, Box B, Pioche, Nv.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 287000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 121.413 g/mt Silver Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLE ORE RESERVES WITHIN 300 FT OF SURFACE. ALSO, EARLIER UNDATED UNPUBLISHED NBMG REPORT STATES PROBABLE RESERVES OF 40,000 TONS ORE AT ABOUT 0.03 OZ/T AU AND 8 OZ/T AG.

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKING IS AN INCLINED SHAFT 55SE, 60 DEGREES, ALONG THRUST, ALSO SMALL PITS

Comments on development

  • AREA RECENTLY FLAGGED, STAKED, AND DRILLED (1983) BUT NO PRODUCTION WITHIN LAST SEVERAL YEARS. IN 1983 IT WAS REPORTED THAT ALTERA RESOURCES TOGETHER WITH FREJONLEY MINING ACQUIRED 104 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS OF THE BLACK PRINCE PROPERTY FOR 5.6 MILLION DOLLARS. 15 SHALLOW-ANGLE DRILL HOLES WERE COMPLETED ON THE PROPERTY IN 1981, 12 OF WHICH INTERSECTED THE BLACK PRINCE VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, T. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 8/25/83.

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, ITEM 21.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, OCT 6, 1983, ALTERA TO ACQUIRE ANOTHER SILVER BET.

  • Production

    TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, OCT 6, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLACK PRINCE FISSURE, FILLED WITH ALTERED MN-STAINED ORE. HEMATITE-STAINED QUARTZ NODULES, OXIDIZED PYRITE, PYROLUSITE, SLIGHTLY MAGNETIC NODULES OF WAD, SOME CARRYING CRYSTALLINE CALCITE VEINLETS, SLIGHT SILICIFICATION. OPALINE SILICA COATS FRACTURE SURFACES AND FILLS VUGS. A MINOR SHEAR ZONE IS EXPOSED AT SHAFT. LIMESTONE ON DUMP IS PINK (FE OXIDE-STAINED ? RHODOCHROSITE?), BANDED, WITH CRYSTALLINE CALCITE VEINLETS, AND NODULES OF PLATY CALCITE WHICH CEMENT BRECCIA. VALUES INCREASE WITH DEPTH. 1981 DRILL HOLE DATA YIELD AN AVERAGE TRUE THICKNESS OF 12.4 FT FOR THE BLACK PRINCE VEIN AT 3.4 OZ/T AG. THE VEIN IS RELATIVELY CONTINOUS ALONG STRIKE FOR 2600 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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