The Black Joe Prospect is a iron mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 39.90833, -118.15833
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Black Joe Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Joe Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Copper Kettle 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Fe
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: JUST SOUTH OF THE SHAFT, THE PHOSPHORUS CONTENT OF THE ORE EXCEEDS MAXIMUM ACCEPTED BY STEEL MANUFACTURERS
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON A LOW RIDGE JUST WEST OF A SMALL TRIBUTARY OF COPPER KETTLE CANYON, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STILLWATER RANGE EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): MAGNETITE OCCURS IN VEINS AS MASSIVE MAGNETITE TO CALCITE WITH DISSEMINATED GRAINS OF MAGNETITE.
Comment (Workings): OLD SHAFT, SEVERAL SURFACE TRENCHES
Comment (Development): SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): MILS, 1979, U.S.B.M.
Reference (Deposit): SHAWE, F.R., REEVES, R.G., AND KRAL, V.E., 1962, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: PT. C., IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NEVADA: N.B.M.G. BULL. 53., P. 118-121.
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.
