The Black Jack Mine is a manganese mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,760 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: 4,760 Feet (1,451 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.34444, -118.11222
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Black Jack Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Jack Mine
Secondary: Sodaville
Secondary: Black Queen
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star 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
Owner Name: Ward, C. W.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Excelsior Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal Mn
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne-Trending Faults
Type: L
Description: Strong Folding With Local Overturning, Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LOCALLY UP TO 3.5% WOZ
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE -FILLING VEINS A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO 2 FEET THICK IN CHERT OF THE EXCELSIOR
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF MN WAS PRODUCED IN 1917.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADE: NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Production): ROSS, D.C., 1961, 6.7
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.
