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Black Hawk Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046878
MRDS ID M242102
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hawk Mine
Alternate or previous names Mellan Mine, Mellan and Reid Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.96532, 37.77273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 25 IN HILLS ON E. MARGIN RAILROAD VALLEY, Estimated To Within One Mile, Estimated To Within One Mile, Estimated To Within One Mile

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Top(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
002S 053E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CONSISTS OF 17 CLAIMS ALONG S END OF QUINN CANYON MOUNTAINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Alteration Of Andesite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.96532, 37.77273
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip STEEP W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs As Botryoidal Masses Along Contact Of Sandstone And Limestone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Queen City District-Also Known As Black Hawk District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mellan, Mrs. Hazel
    Home office P.O.Box 766, Fallon, Nv
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • AT END OF 1943, MINE HAD YIELDED 68 FLASKS OF MERCURY

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF VERTICAL SHAFT ABOUT 100 FT DEEP WITH ADITS ON 2 LEVELS, AND SEVERAL CONNECTED STOPES AND RAISES PLUS 2 EXPLORATION PITS, SMALL STOPES; 45-FT INCLINED SHAFT, SHALLOW TRENCHES, OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS WORKED 1930-1935. SPORADIC ACTIVITY IN 1936-1943 AND 1955-1957 WAS UNPRODUCTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 92

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 77

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG GEOLOGY AND MINING SERIES NO. 41, P. 154-155

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1959, PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF BLACK HAWK MERCURY MINE, NYE CO., NV; UNPUB. REPORT NBMG.

  • Production

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR OCCURS ERRATICALLY ALONG SHEARS IN HIGHLY ALTERED ANDESITE AS THIN VEINLETS, ISOLATED BUNCHES AND IRREGULAR DISSEMINATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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