The Black Rock Prospect is a mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,199 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: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.76306, -117.84194
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Black Rock Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Rock Prospect
Secondary: Black Rock Claim
Secondary: Black Rock No. 1 To No. 5 Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Red Mountain 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
Owner Name: Birchim, James F.
Home Office: Bishop, Ca
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Shively, D. F.
Home Office: Bishop, Ca
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Fletcher, C. W.
Home Office: Bishop, Ca
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
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: Silver Peak Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS MADE BY THE U.S.B.M. RANGE FROM 0.5% MN TO 21.2% MN.
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Development): THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MADE 31 TRENCHES TOTALING 3,173 FEET IN 1950.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS, 18 AND 28 FEET DEEP, AND 100 FEET OF TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): BENSON, W.T., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF BLACK ROCK MANGANESE DEPOSITS, ESMERALDA CO., NEV.: USBM, REPT. INV. 4717
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.
