The Black Warrior is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Black Warrior MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Warrior
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Charleston
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Prunty, P. R.
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT IN THE GRAHAM MINE. THERE IS A PROMINENT GOSSAN AND COPPER AND GOLD VALUES INCREASE W/DEPTH. (LAWRENCE 1963 P. 43)
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ON DIVIDE BETW/76 AND BADGER CREEKS. P.R. PRUNTY WAS OWNER IN 1958. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 120 FT. SHAFT AND AN ADIT, NOW COLLAPSED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ORE ALSO CONTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF COPPER AND LEAD.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND CAVED ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E. F., (1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 61.
Reference (Deposit): REPORT TO MR. D. ZUCCONE, MINING DISTRICT FILES, NEV BUREAU OF MINES
Reference (Production): SMITH, R. M. (1976)
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.
