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Black Point

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103981
MRDS ID M232261
Record type Site
Current site name Black Point
Alternate or previous names Silver Ledge, Wynona

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.86757, 39.66964 (WGS84)
Relative position ON W. FLANK OF BLACK POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rattlesnake Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 054E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC. 23

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Analytical data

Result 1939-40 SHIPMENT-10-20 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.86757, 39.66964
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR ()

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone In Carbonate Rx.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS IN QTZ AND CALCITE FILLING BRECCIA ZONE IN CARBONATE ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Year of first production 1939

Mining district

District name Diamond District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bay, J. L.
    First year 1962

Comments on the production information

  • 2611.7 TONS ORES SHIPPED IN 1939-1940 CONTAINED 10-20 OZ/TON AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 79.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • 160.FT. ADIT PLUS CONNECTING WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL, 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES AT EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 6

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL-, (1967)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 160 FOOT ADIT AND CONNECTING WORKINGS TOTAL 260 FEET ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Taylor, J. K. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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