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Black Mountain Mining Co.

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037194
MRDS ID M031074
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mountain Mining Co.
Related records 10270018

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77749, 35.56168 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MILES E OF SEARCHLIGHT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ireteba Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
027S 064E 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES ARE ONLY APPROXIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.77749, 35.56168
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FREE GOLD IN QUARTZ VEINLETS IN SHEAR ZONE 6 - 12 FEET WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newberry

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rickard, Ad
    First year 1937

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTS OF AN ADIT 250 FEET LONG AND SCATTERED SURFACE WORKINGS TOTALLING 300 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO. US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 P. 76 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 200 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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