The Black Devil Mine is a manganese mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Black Devil Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Devil Mine
Secondary: Mary #2 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Wild Horse
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: Staked By Bida And Belonstegal Ely And Battle Mtn.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS & LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SINGLE OPEN INCLINED SHAFT, AREA IN FRONT OF OPEN SHAFT HAS BEEN OPEN PITTED.
Comment (Geology): GOSSANEY MATERIAL FILLING VUGS & FRACTURES
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH/BENTZ, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 1981
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.
