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Black Warrior Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Gold, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  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 10103885
MRDS ID M060353
Record type Site
Current site name Black Warrior Mine
Alternate or previous names Ernst Black Warrior, Jackson Canyon, NBMG Sample Site 2572
Related records 10222349

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1168, 40.42878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 1 MI. SOUTH OF UNIONVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Unionville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 034E 35 SE OF SE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF JACKSON CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Argillization And Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2572,DUMP SELECT OF PYRITIZED, SILICIFIED ROCK WITH SULFIDES CONTAINS 0.05 % FE, 1.5 % CA, 20 PPM AG, 200 P-PM AS, 0.2 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 10 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 500 -PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 1500 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 150 PP-M SR, 15 PPM V, 7000 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1168, 40.42878
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Cross Faults

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N40W
    Dip 65-80SW
    Width 1.02M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE DEVELOPED ON QUARTZ-STIBNITE VEINS VARYING 3 TO40 INCHES IN WIDTH. STIBNITE OCCURS AS SMALL PADS AND STREAKS,, AND AS INDIVIDUAL CRYSTALS AND BLEBS IN THE QUARTZ. TETRAHEDRITE, PYRITE AND SPHALERITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PODS AND STREAKS OF STIBNITE. THE LARGER AND HIGHER GRADE ORE BODIES ARE IN THE RHYOLITE WITH SIZE AND GRADE OF DEPOSIT DECREASING UPWARD INTO THE PRIDA FORMATION AND DOWNWARD INTO THE RHYOLITE PYROCLASTIC ROCKS. RHYOLITE WALL ROCK HAS BEEN ALTERED ADJACENT TO THE VEINS. PYRITE COMMONLY ALTERED TO LIMONITE; TETRAHEDRITE PARTIALLY CONVERTED TO MALACHITE AND AZURITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Unionville District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ernst, C. A.
    Home office Unionville, Nev.
    First year 1959

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE BLACK WARRIOR, GIVEN IN THE ARIZONA MINE REPORT

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE IS DEVELOPED BY ADITS AND A SHAFT. THE VEIN EXPOSED IN THE MAIN ADIT HAS BEEN STOPED, IN SAME PLACES UP TO SURFACE.; PITS, SMALL STOCKPILE OF ORE-GRADE MATERIAL.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED AND WORKED IN 1870, REWORKED DURING PERIODS 1916-18 AND 1940-41.. NO ACTIVITY IN 1984, LONG IDLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6902

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 28 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Production

    LAWRENCE, 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCOVERED AND WORKED IN 1870, REWORKED DURING PERIODS 1916-18 AND 1940-41. MINE IS DEVELOPED BY ADITS AND A SHAFT. THE VEIN EXPOSED IN MAIN ADIT HAS BEEN STOPED, IN SOME PLACES UP TO THE SURFACE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit THE BLACK WARRIOR MINE IS DEVELOPED ON QUARTZ-STIBNITE VEINS VARYING FROM 3 TO 40 INCHES IN WIDTH. THE ORE MINERAL STIBNITE OCCURS AS SMALL PODS AND STREAKS, AND AS INDIVIDUAL CRYSTALS AND BLEBS IN THE QUARTZ. TETRAHEDRITE, PYRITE AND SPHALERITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PODS AND STREAKS OF STIBNITE. THE LARGER AND HIGHER GRADE ORE BODIES ARE IN THE RHYOLITE WITH SIZE AND GRADE OF DEPOSITS DECREASING UPWARD INTO THE PRIDA FORMATION AND DOWNWARD INTO THE RHYOLITE PYROCLASTIC ROCKS. RHYOLITE WALL ROCK HAS BEEN ALLTERED ADJACENT TO THE VEINS. PYRITE COMMONLY ALTERED TO LIMONITE; TETRAHEDRITE PARTIALLY CONVERTED TO MALACHITE AND AZURITE.. WALLROCKS ARE PYRITIZED AND SILICIFIED.ADJACENT TO VEINS.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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