The Black Metal Mine is a zinc mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 37.33222, -115.76861
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Black Metal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Metal Mine
Secondary: Lane Shaft
Secondary: Lane Claims
Secondary: Black Medal Claims
Secondary: Groom South End Mine. Shaft
Secondary: Groom South End Mine.
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Groom District District
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Homoclinal Sequence, Complexly Faulted Graben
Type: L
Description: Main Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 6-22% ZN, 30% PB, 30% PB
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 2000 FT S OF GROOM MINE, UNSURVEYED AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDED IN ENTIRE DISTRICT RECORD-SEE GROOM MINE REPORT
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT (LANE SHAFT)-ORE TAKEN FROM STOPE AT THE 110 FOOT LEVEL
Comment (Geology): ORE ALONG STEEP FISSURES RELATED TO THE MAIN FAULT. LIMESTONE IS COMMONLY SILICIFIED
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73
Reference (Deposit): HUMPHREY, F. L., 1945, NBMG BULL 42, P. 45.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W. H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1219.
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.
