The Black Warrior Prospects is a silver and lead mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.91694, -119.25000
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Black Warrior Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Warrior Prospects
Secondary: Black Warrior Peak Prospects
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2890
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Nightingale 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NBMG SAMPLE 2890 FROM INCLINE ON NORTH SIDE CONTAINS 0.2% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.003% TI, 20 PPM MN, 300 PPM AG, 70 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 500 PPM BI, 50 PPM CD, 30 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 15000 PPM PB, 10 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN. AA ANALYSIS SHOWED 0.10 PPM AU.
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR TO POOR ROADS FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985.
Comment (Deposit): THE NORTHENMOST SHAFT WAS SUNK ON AN 18-INCH QUARTZ VEIN BEARING N 20 W, 50 E, WHILE THE SOUTHERN INCLINE WAS SUNK ON A SMALLER, POSSIBLY PARALLEL VEIN WITH REDUCED MINERALIZATION. AREAS OF PYRITIZED GRANODIORITE AND HORNFELS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED.
Comment (Workings): ONE MAIN SHAFT ON THE NORTH AND A MINOR ONE FURTHER UP THE MOUNTAIN; PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1 MAR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70, P. 72.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
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.
