Black Eagle Mine

The Black Eagle Mine is a manganese mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 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

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Site Name

Primary: Black Eagle Mine

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Jersey Valley 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
Discovery Year: 1934
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Volcanogenic Mn

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Wad

Comments

Comment (Development): OPEN-PIT MINED, 1952-1953

Comment (Deposit): 3 NARROW LENSES

Comment (Workings): OPEN-PIT MINE, 1952-1953

Comment (Geology): MN IN 3 NARROW, LENTICULAR BODIES CONSISTING OF INTIMATE MIXTURE OF MN OXIDES, WAD, AND SILICA. ORE CONSISTS OF VEINLETS OF MN OXIDES IN CHERT & A MN-OXIDE GROUND MASS WITH FINE PARTICLES OF CHERT & SILICA. MAIN ORE BODY 820 FEET LONG AVERAGING 35 FEET THICK. TWO SMALLER LENTICULAR PODS OR LENSES OCCUR 200 FEET SOUTH OF MAIN BODY.

Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WAS LOCATED IN 1934. MINED BY OPEN-PIT METHODS, PRODUCING 21% MN. ORE IN 1952-53 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): NORTHERN END OF DISTRICT, IN WATER CANYON

Comment (Production): ORE AVERAGED 21% MN

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): TRENGROVE, 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE DEPOSITS; USBM REPT. INV. 5446

Reference (Deposit): NEEDHAM & TRENGROVE, 1950, INVESTIGATION OF BLACK DIABLO, BLACK EAGLE, & BLACK ROCK MANGANESE DEPOSITS, PERSHING & LANDER COUNTIES, NEV.; USMB REPT. INV. 4713

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.

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.