Black Devil Manganese Claims

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Sulfur
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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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271079
MAS/MILS ID 0320150047
Record type Site
Current site name Black Devil Manganese Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.47955, 39.82381 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
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

Gilbert Creek SW(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)

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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 040 E 33 NWNENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Clay Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.47955, 39.82381

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 6HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 6
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Year of first production 1958

Mining district

District name Wildhorse

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Humboldt Metals Co., 33 W.3rd St. Winnemucca,Nev.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1958

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Measured 100mt ore
    Indicated 900mt ore
    Demonstrated 1000mt ore
    Inferred 11000mt ore
    Total resources 12000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al2O3 3 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 0
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P 0.19 wt-pct Phosphorus Trace 0
    Silica SiO2 14 wt-pct Silica Trace 0
    Iron Fe 6.5 wt-pct Iron Trace 0
    Sulfur S 0.03 wt-pct Sulfur Trace 0
    Manganese Mn 35 wt-pct Manganese Trace 0

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD # 680,COLUMN 21 "OTHER" MEANS REPLACEMENT-ORE ORIGIN USBM. WFOC MIN. PROP.FILE #41.2,DMEA #5063,JONES,SMITH,STAGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-APR-94 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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