Black Joe Prospect

The Black Joe Prospect is a iron mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Black Joe Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Churchill

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.