The Blackbird Group, Nos. 1-6 is a uranium, manganese, and iron mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Uranium, Manganese, Iron
Lat, Long: 41.2875, -119.09444
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Blackbird Group, Nos. 1-6 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackbird Group, Nos. 1-6
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Soldier Meadow Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH=1.0 MR/HR. A SAMPLE OF CHARCOAL FROM VOLCANIC ROCKS CONTAINED 0.06% U3O8. ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY IS REPORTED FROM A THICK SEQUENCE OF FLOWS, TUFFS, AND AGGLOMERATES. THE RADIOACTIVITY MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH CHARCOAL MATERIAL BETWEEN FLOWS AND ASH-FLOW TUFFS. IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES ARE ALSO REPORTED.
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND=0.03 MR/HR
Materials
Ore: Iron
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS AT BASE OF AN ASH-FLOW TUFF ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 81
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
