Blackbird

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Aluminum, Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149674
MAS/MILS ID 0320150016
Record type Site
Current site name Blackbird
Alternate or previous names Carico Lake, Gibson

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.03064, 40.03241 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Cedars(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 044 E 16 C S2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.03064, 40.03241

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1944
Year of first production 1952

Mining district

District name Carico Lake

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Golden Century Ind. Inc.,
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. Fink,Robert Holdren,Elko,Nev.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1953

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1951
    Indicated 23000mt ore
    Demonstrated 23000mt ore
    Inferred 40000mt ore
    Total resources 63000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 12.3 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1951
    Silica SiO2 67 wt-pct Silica Trace 1951
    Iron FeO 4 wt-pct Iron Trace 1951
    Aluminum Al2O3 1.3999 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 1951
    Calcium CaO 0.7 wt-pct Calcium Trace 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM R.I.5446,P.21

  • Deposit

    USBM,WFOC,MINERAL PROPERTY FILE # 41.9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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