Black Beauty Nos. 1-12

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Barium-Barite, Iron, Sulfur
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246805
MAS/MILS ID 0320070061
Record type Site
Current site name Black Beauty Nos. 1-12
Alternate or previous names Black Beauty Pyritic Deposit, See Jerritt Canyon - 0320070879

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.98012, 41.3257 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
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

Mahala Creek West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Double Mountain(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 040 N 053 E 26 W2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Iron Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.98012, 41.3257

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS PROPERTY PRODUCED SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF MATERIAL THAT WAS USED AS SOIL CONDITIONER; IT WAS NOT ECONOMIC (ELKO DISTRICT, USFS, 2810 FILES).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., 1983, OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-10.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 136.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-91 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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