The Black Bart Extension Claim is a uranium mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,360 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,360 Feet (1,329 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.95222, -116.79139
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Black Bart Extension Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Bart Extension Claim
Secondary: Black Bonanza No. 1 - No. 27 Claim.
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bullfrog District
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Bullfrog Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.024% U308
Materials
Ore: Uranophane
Comments
Comment (Production): AN EXPERIMENTAL SHIPMENT OF ORE WAS REPORTED FROM THE BLACK BONANZA CLAIMS IN 1956
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE PROSPECT PIT AND A 85 FT ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG, BULL. 81, P. 9
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.
