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Blackbird Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044964
MRDS ID M232613
Record type Site
Current site name Blackbird Mine
Alternate or previous names Coppins Dude Gold Mines, NBMG Sample Site 2639

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1432, 40.85933 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935
Relative position 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINNEMUCCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woody Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 034E 34 SW OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF NORTH FORK CANYON. (NOTE: WHEN TINGLEY (NBMG) DID FIELD EXAMINATION, HE PLACED MINE IN SEC 3, T035N, R034E WITH UNKNOWN PRECISION ON LOVELOCK 250K QUAD, WHICH IS IN PERSHING COUNTY. NEWER WOODY CREEK CANYON TOPO MAP PLACES SITE IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, AND UNPUBLISHED TINGLEY FILE ON SITE IS UNDER HUMBOLDT COUNTY, WHICH IS WHERE THE SITE IS.) ; . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2639 OF FE-OXIDE STAINED HORNFELS AND GRANODIORITE, WITH THIN WHITE QUARTZ VEINLETS CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.2% CA, 0.2% TI, 1000PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 150 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 15 PPM CR, 50 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 500 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 70 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR. AA ANALYSIS OF THE SAMPLE SHOWED 1500 PPM AS, 0.10 PPM AU, 14 PPM SB, 320 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1432, 40.85933
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 55-60 E
    Dip 30 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike Contact; Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • FIVE PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS. SHEAR ZONE CUTS SILICIFIED ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1893
Year of last production 1893

Mining district

District name Central District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 750-FOOT CAVED ADIT, 85-FOOT WINZE, 5 LEVELS OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS. DRIFTS ALONG PARALLEL VEINS, 2 INCLINED SHAFTS WERE SUNK EASTWARD ALONG SHEAR ZONE OUTCROP; REMAINS OF CAMP BUILDING.

Comments on development

  • GOLD MINING HISTORY UNKNOWN. DURING LATE 1940S AND EARLY 1950'S, OPERATED AS A DUDE GOLD MINE WITH SOME PRODUCTION OF MINERAL WATER. OLD BUILDINGS DATE FROM THE 1940'S WHEN COPPIN OPERATED THE COPPIN DUDE GOLD MINES; THE CAMP WAS CALLED "CAMP SHANGRA-LA" AND DUDES WERE GIVEN A "MOUNTAIN GOLD MINE EXPERIENCE." WATER DRAINING FROM THE MINE WAS BOTTLED AND SOLD AS COPPIN MINERAL WATER. IN THE EARLY 1970'S, WATER FROM THE MINE WAS MARKETED AS "AQUARIUS MINERAL WATER; THIS VENTURE DID NOT LAST MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS. CAMP IS DESERTED (1984).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT: NBMG UNPUBLISHED FILES.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL 59.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6995, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS ALONG WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, PORTOLA TO WINNEMUCCA, UNPUBLISHED REPORT BY CARROLL E. BRADBERRY AND ASSOCIATES: NBMGNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES, ITEM 13.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY - NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961, VOL. 1: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F. AND CARNTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940 INCLUSIVE): NBMG BULL. 38.

  • Production

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD WORKINGS ON CREST OF RIDGE FOLLOW DIKE-HORNFELS CONTACT WHICH CANNOT ALWAYS BE SEEN. NOT MUCH QUARTZ SEEN. NO MINERAL SEEN ON DUMP EXCEPT SPARSE VEIN QUARTZ.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M242544, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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