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Black Devil Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045910
MRDS ID M233802
Record type Site
Current site name Black Devil Mine
Alternate or previous names Mary #2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.47956, 39.8238 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert Creek SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 040E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.47956, 39.8238
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS & LENSES
    Strike N60E
    Dip 45 DEGREES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOSSANEY MATERIAL FILLING VUGS & FRACTURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Wild Horse

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Staked By Bida And Belonstegal Ely And Battle Mtn.

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE OPEN INCLINED SHAFT, AREA IN FRONT OF OPEN SHAFT HAS BEEN OPEN PITTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Martin, Paul (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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