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Black Beauty Group

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047081
MRDS ID M242329
Record type Site
Current site name Black Beauty Group
Alternate or previous names Black Beauty, Black Beauty No. 1, Black Beauty No. 2, Black Beauty No.3.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.6812, 37.773 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3 AIR MILES N 60 W FROM SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 039E 08,17 SW (08); NW (17) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN GALENA FLAT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.20 OZ AU, 4.7 OZ. AG, 5.7% PB, 14.0% ZN: A SECOND SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.01 OZ. AU, 0.2 OZ AG, 0.7% PB AND 2.2% ZN
Result A THIRD SAMPLE ASSAYED .06 OZ AG, 10.3% PB AND 11.2% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Reed Dolomite
    Rock description Reed Dolomite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1948

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • FLAT INCLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, HARRY H., 1949, REPORT ON BLACK BEAUTY PROSPECT, NEAR SILVER PEAK, ESMERALDA CO. NV; UNPUB. REPORT ON FILE AT N.B.M.G., FILE 101, ITEM 15

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM BLOCK COVERS ABOUT 80 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-81 La Pointe, D.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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