Black Hawk Claim

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045121
MRDS ID M232788
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hawk Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5179, 40.73434 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 17.5 MILES SOUTH OF GOLCONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(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)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 041E 05,06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACROSS A SMALL GULCH FROM BLACKTOP CLAIMS ON NW SIDE OF BUFFALO MOUNTAIN. UTM IS TO ONE CENTRALLY LOCATED PIT AMONG SEVERAL SCATTERED OVER A 1000 FT RADIUS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Unknown

Analytical data

Result ASSAY RESULT: 24.2 MN, 1.4% FE
Result 3.6% AL2O3

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Havallah Formation
    Rock description Havallah Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.5179, 40.73434

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75E
    Dip 15NW
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS AN INTIMATE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE, MANGANESE SILICATE AND QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buffalo Mountain Mining Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hicks, John Wiley
    First year 1959

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 EXPLORATORY PITS OR TRENCHES ALONG A STRIKE LENGTHOF 500 FT OR MORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHIBLER, B.K. & WELLS, R.R., 1951, CONCENTRATION OF OXIDE AND SILICATE MANGANESE ORES FROM THE VICINITY OF GOLCONDA, NEVADA: U.S.B.M. REPT. OF INV. 4754., P. 1, 8-10.

  • Deposit

    TRENGROVE, R.R., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE DEPOSITS: U.S. BM. REPT. OF INV. 5446, P. 16-17

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, P. 96.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OFTEN LISTED WITH MN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK DIABLO DISTRICT IN PERSHING COUNTY, ACROSS PUMPERNICKEL VALLEY TO THE S-OUTHWEST. THE DEPOSITS ARE SIMILAR IN NATURE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 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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