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Black Jack Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045305
MRDS ID M233006
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack Mine
Alternate or previous names Sodaville, Black Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.11316, 38.34437 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sodaville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result LOCALLY UP TO 3.5% WOZ

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.11316, 38.34437
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Strong Folding With Local Overturning, Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ward, C. W.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF MN WAS PRODUCED IN 1917.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADE: NBMG BULL. 58

  • Production

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, 6.7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE -FILLING VEINS A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO 2 FEET THICK IN CHERT OF THE EXCELSIOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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