The Black Hawk Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.77361, -115.96667
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Black Hawk Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Hawk Mine
Secondary: Mellan
Secondary: Mellan and Reid
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Queen City District (Kawich)
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: Mrs. Hazel Mellan
Home Office: Tonopah, Nv.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1929
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne - Trending Low - Angle Fault , Sandstone-Limestone Contact
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: IN FAULT CONTACT WITH QUARTZITIC SANDSTONE - PAL (?)
Comment (Location): LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION 13 . PROPERTY CONSIST OF 17 CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 45 FT INCLINE SHAFT, SHORT DRIFTS, SMALL STOPES, AND A FEW OPEN CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 154-155.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 50
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 77
Reference (Deposit): 5) HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965 MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US: US BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 279-280.
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
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.
