Black Knob, Black Mountain, Black Mountains, Black Rock, Blue Wing Districts

Publication Info:
Nevada Mining Districts (Compiled Reports)
The Districts Described in This Section are from the following publications:

Mining Districts of Nevada - Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 47 (updated 1998); Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada - USGS Bulletin 1356 (1973)

Table of Contents

Black Knob District

Overview

County: Pershing

Commodities: antimony, mercury, fluorspar

Comments

Located south of Black Knob and west of Packard Flat in the northern West Humboldt Range.

References

Lincoln, 1923, p. 201; Stoddard, 1932, p. 75; Vanderburg, 1936b, p. 13; Lawrence, 1963, p. 206; Johnson, 1977, p. 55

Black Mountain District

Overview

County: Elko

Commodities: silver, lead, barite

Comments

Black Mountain district is located on Black Mountain, a north-trending ridge in the northern Windemere Hills about 18 miles northeast of Wells.

References

Smith, 1976, p. 27; Jones, 1983; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 39

Black Mountains District

Overview

Other Names: Virgin River, McClanahan

County: Clark

Discovered: 1900

Commodities: iron, manganese

Comments

Located in the Black Mountains, west of the Virgin River (the present Overton Arm of Lake Mead). Averett (1962) located a McClanahan district at the mouth of Boulder Canyon in the Black Mountains where placer gold was discovered in 1906.

References

Stoddard, 1932, p. 23; Averett, 1962, p. 67; Longwell and others, 1965, p. 138

Black Rock District

Overview

Other Names: Hardin, Soldier Meadows, Soldier Meadow area

County: Humboldt

Discovered: 1849 (1863?)

Active: 1858-1860; 1866-1867

Commodities: silver, gold, uranium, fluorspar, nitrates

Comments

Located at Black Rock, in the vicinity of Hardin City on the west slope of the Black Rock Range, several miles north of Double Hot Springs. Bancroft (1890) placed the original discoveries 1.5 miles from Hardinville. The district includes the Soldier Meadow uranium area of Garside (1973) and the Soldier Meadows nitrate area of Gianella (1945).

References

Stretch, 1867, p. 46; Territorial Enterprise, March 7, 1868; Angel, 1881, p. 450; Bancroft, 1890, p. 103; Stoddard, 1932, p. 44; Gianella, 1945, p. 76; Garside, 1973, p. 56; Carlson, 1974, p. 220; Papke, 1979, p. 21; Wheeler, 1979, p. 139

Blue Wing District

Overview

County: Pershing

Commodities: gold, silver, tungsten

Comments

Located on the northern margin of the Blue Wing Mountains, centered about 2 miles south of State Highway 48.

References

Johnson, 1977, p. 56; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 158; Tingley, 1989a, p. 2

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