Black Mule Mine

The Black Mule Mine is a tungsten mine located in White Pine 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

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Site Name

Primary: Black Mule Mine
Secondary: Pony Express

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Osceola

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1938
Time Period: 1930-1938, 1941-1943
Material type: WO3
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.0 % Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO PIPELIKE

Structure

Type: L
Description: N-Ne Trending Steeply Dipping Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: WO3 AVERAGED 1%

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): FIRST WORKED AS A GOLD MINE IN THE LATE 1800'S. TUNGSTEN WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 1930, AFTER WHICH IT WAS OPERATED FOR A SHORT TIME BY THE NEVADA-MASSACHUSETTS CO., AND LATER IN 1942-43 BY THE GILDED AGE MINING CO.

Comment (Location): EST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED UNITS OF WO3 PRODUCED

Comment (Deposit): GOLD CAME FROM A NARROW QUARTZ VEIN. SCHEELITE OCCURS IN A NARROW QUARTZ VEIN ALONG A FAULT CUTTING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, AND IN ALTERED LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO THE VEIN.

Comment (Workings): NARROW SHAFT 211 FT DEEP WITH ABOUT 1000 FT OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND RAISES ON 3 LEVELS AT 100, 150, AND 200 FEET.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 19838 MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA, PREPARED FOR BLM.

Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., IN PREP.

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL. 85

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA; IN PREPARATION.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1963, UNPUB. DATA, NBMG FILE 335 ITEM 10.

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.