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Black Mule Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174894
MRDS ID M031267
MAS/MILS ID 0320330013
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mule Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Mule
Related records 10037301

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.42005, 39.04304 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hogum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 N 067 E 26 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.42005, 39.04304
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Year of first production 1930

Mining district

District name Osceola

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nevada-Massachusetts Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1930
  • Type Operator
    Owner Gilded Age Mining Co.
    Year 1943
    First year 1942
    Last year 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 85, 1976, P. 62; PLATE 2.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 224.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-FEB-1994 Ridenour, James 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

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