The Blackbird Prospect is a antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 38.54111, -115.86000
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Blackbird Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackbird Prospect
Secondary: Tognoni
Secondary: Strode
Secondary: Silver King
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Selenium
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Pancake Range
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: Locke, Madison
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Pancake Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLEBS, SMALL PODS, VEINLETS, ROSETTES, SINGLE CRYSTALS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Flow Bands In Rhyolite Strike N55e, Dip 55-65 Nw.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Rhyolite Is Silicified And Brecciated.And Argillized,Cemented By Quartz
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AN ORE SAMPLE FROM A 5 INCH VEIN AT THE TOP OF A SHAFT ASSAYED 12.59 % SB, 0.16 OZ AG, 0.04 % SE.
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Rhyolite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVEN SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 149-151
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.
