Blackbird Group, Nos. 1-6

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Manganese, Iron
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037002
MRDS ID M029067
Record type Site
Current site name Blackbird Group, Nos. 1-6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.09545, 41.28738 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Est +/- 1500 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

High Rock Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 025E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND=0.03 MR/HR
Result HIGH=1.0 MR/HR. A SAMPLE OF CHARCOAL FROM VOLCANIC ROCKS CONTAINED 0.06% U3O8. ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY IS REPORTED FROM A THICK SEQUENCE OF FLOWS, TUFFS, AND AGGLOMERATES. THE RADIOACTIVITY MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH CHARCOAL MATERIAL BETWEEN FLOWS AND ASH-FLOW TUFFS. IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES ARE ALSO REPORTED.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Basalt, tuff, and breccia

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Soldier Meadow Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS AT BASE OF AN ASH-FLOW TUFF ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-78 Walker, George W. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-87 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-94 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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