Black Horse Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten, Zirconium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246567
MRDS ID M030065
MAS/MILS ID 0320090002
Record type Site
Current site name Black Horse Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -118.11534, 38.01523 (WGS84)
Elevation 1667
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 N 035 E 19 NESENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -118.11534, 38.01523

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minerals Management Inc.
    ID 2601443
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MIN BULL 78, 1972, PP.58, 59.

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN INV FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-298

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MIN BULL 65, 1964, PP.130,156, FIG.34

  • Deposit

    MESA SAFETY SPOT INSPECTION REPORT, I.D. NO. 26-01443, 11/02

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES REPORT 2, 1962, P. 16

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1979, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL

  • Deposit

    COMMISSION, APRIL 1980, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    STAGER & TINGLEY, 1985, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG

  • Deposit

    MAP 87, NO. 67.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, 1963, TUNGSTEN MINES IN NEVADA, NBMG MAP 18,

  • Deposit

    NO. 32.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JUL-1988 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/05/1978
MSHA mine ID2601443
Mine name (MSHA)Black Horse Mine
Current operatorMineop Corp
Current controller (parent)David L Pruett
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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