The Blackbird Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,348 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,348 Feet (1,935 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.85944, -118.14222
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Blackbird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackbird Mine
Secondary: Coppins Dude Gold Mines
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2639
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Central 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
Year First Production: 1893
Year Last Production: 1893
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2639 OF FE-OXIDE STAINED HORNFELS AND GRANODIORITE, WITH THIN WHITE QUARTZ VEINLETS CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.2% CA, 0.2% TI, 1000PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 150 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 15 PPM CR, 50 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 500 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 70 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR. AA ANALYSIS OF THE SAMPLE SHOWED 1500 PPM AS, 0.10 PPM AU, 14 PPM SB, 320 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF NORTH FORK CANYON. (NOTE: WHEN TINGLEY (NBMG) DID FIELD EXAMINATION, HE PLACED MINE IN SEC 3, T035N, R034E WITH UNKNOWN PRECISION ON LOVELOCK 250K QUAD, WHICH IS IN PERSHING COUNTY. NEWER WOODY CREEK CANYON TOPO MAP PLACES SITE IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, AND UNPUBLISHED TINGLEY FILE ON SITE IS UNDER HUMBOLDT COUNTY, WHICH IS WHERE THE SITE IS.) ; . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): GOLD MINING HISTORY UNKNOWN. DURING LATE 1940S AND EARLY 1950'S, OPERATED AS A DUDE GOLD MINE WITH SOME PRODUCTION OF MINERAL WATER. OLD BUILDINGS DATE FROM THE 1940'S WHEN COPPIN OPERATED THE COPPIN DUDE GOLD MINES; THE CAMP WAS CALLED "CAMP SHANGRA-LA" AND DUDES WERE GIVEN A "MOUNTAIN GOLD MINE EXPERIENCE." WATER DRAINING FROM THE MINE WAS BOTTLED AND SOLD AS COPPIN MINERAL WATER. IN THE EARLY 1970'S, WATER FROM THE MINE WAS MARKETED AS "AQUARIUS MINERAL WATER; THIS VENTURE DID NOT LAST MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS. CAMP IS DESERTED (1984).
Comment (Deposit): OLD WORKINGS ON CREST OF RIDGE FOLLOW DIKE-HORNFELS CONTACT WHICH CANNOT ALWAYS BE SEEN. NOT MUCH QUARTZ SEEN. NO MINERAL SEEN ON DUMP EXCEPT SPARSE VEIN QUARTZ.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Comment (Workings): 750-FOOT CAVED ADIT, 85-FOOT WINZE, 5 LEVELS OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS. DRIFTS ALONG PARALLEL VEINS, 2 INCLINED SHAFTS WERE SUNK EASTWARD ALONG SHEAR ZONE OUTCROP; REMAINS OF CAMP BUILDING.
Comment (Geology): FIVE PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS. SHEAR ZONE CUTS SILICIFIED ROCKS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M242544, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 65.
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F. AND CARNTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940 INCLUSIVE): NBMG BULL. 38.
Reference (Production): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964)
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT: NBMG UNPUBLISHED FILES.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL 59.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6995, P. 18.
Reference (Deposit): STAFF, 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS ALONG WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, PORTOLA TO WINNEMUCCA, UNPUBLISHED REPORT BY CARROLL E. BRADBERRY AND ASSOCIATES: NBMGNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES, ITEM 13.
Reference (Deposit): STAFF, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY - NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961, VOL. 1: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO.
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.
