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Black Forest Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Lead, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124683
MAS/MILS ID 0320070272
Record type Site
Current site name Black Forest Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.94703, 41.5713 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McAfee Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 063 E 13 NWSENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.94703, 41.5713
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spruce Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 54,1957,P.141,142

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MIN BULL 14, 1931. P14-15, FIG 1,3,4

  • Deposit

    WILSON, CLARK L., THE GEOLOGY OF THE BLACK FOREST MINE AREA,

  • Deposit

    SPRUCE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA:M.S., UNIV OF ARIZONA, 1938,

  • Deposit

    MAP SCALE = 1:2,400

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-88 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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