Bill Peterson's Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Silica
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246484
MRDS ID W016351
MAS/MILS ID 0320150012
Record type Site
Current site name Bill Peterson's Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Rock, Black Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.44654, 39.66771 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Pass Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021 N 040 E 23 NESESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.44654, 39.66771

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 10W
    Thickness 5M
    Length 50M
    Width 10M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00S:10W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 8HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Year of first production 1949

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Peterson,Humboldt,Az.
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Hugh F. Cameron,Austin,Nevada
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1954

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1954
    Inferred 3000mt ore
    Total resources 3000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 23 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1954
    Iron Fe 2.5 wt-pct Iron Trace 1954
    Silica SiO2 27.7 wt-pct Silica Trace 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL.88, 1977, PP.88-89.

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPOGRAPHIC MAP MOUNT AIRY NW, 1969, 7.5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 680 ORIGIN EPITHERMAL U.S.B.M PRELIM.EXAM. REP. USED FOR REF.,UNPUBLISHED,WFOC MIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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