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Black Diablo Manganese

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295147
MRDS ID M060496
MAS/MILS ID 0320270091
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diablo Manganese
Alternate or previous names O'Brien, Dela Vega Claims, Tucker
Related records 10103891

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.56626, 40.6816 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheep Ranch Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 N 039 E 02 SENENE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTION 23 75 PERCENT PROBABLITY BY NORMAN SMITH 1941 SEE BACKUP FILE

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Jasper Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Rhodonite Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.56626, 40.6816
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 35W
    Thickness 15M
    Length 100M
    Width 35M
    Depth to top 9M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N25W:35W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 20HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Black Diablo District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Max And Ada Magnussen,140 Lag St. Winnemucca,Nev. 89445
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM R.I.4713,1950,P1-17

  • Deposit

    USBM R.I.5446,1959,P.33

  • Deposit

    USBM,WFOC.CONFIDENTIAL--NEV.MINERAL PROP.FILE #41.3

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 89, 1977, P. 55, PL 2A

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT. OF INVEST 4754, 1951, P. 10-14

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT. OF INVEST 4985, 1953, P. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-OCT-94 Mcmahan 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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