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Black Metal Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246318
MRDS ID M032027
MAS/MILS ID 0320170225
Record type Site
Current site name Black Metal Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Medal Claim, Black Metal, Lane Claims
Related records 10037346

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.76917, 37.33136 (WGS84)
Elevation 1560
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahranagat Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 S 055+E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.76917, 37.33136
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE BEDS IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE PIOCHE SHALE ARE THE ORE-BEARING BEDS IN THE PIOCHE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SPHALERITE IS MORE ABUNDANT THAN GALENA, WITH ZN RANGING FROM 6 T0 22 PCT. NO FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE AS TO ASSAY FOR OTHER METALS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 42, 1945, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, P. 149.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES IN THE DISTRICT ARE LOCALIZED IN FRACTURED ZONES, AND MAY BE EITHER REPLACEMENT OR FISSURE VEIN DEPOSITS. COUNTRY ROCK (LIMEST) IS SILICIFIED ALONG MINERALIZING FISSURES. SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK 110 FT. AT AN ANGLE OF 85 DEGREES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JUL-88 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.