Black Hawk Prospect

The Black Hawk Prospect is a uranium and iron mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

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 Hawk Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium, Iron

Lat, Long: 40.04167, -119.96556

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Black Hawk Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Black Hawk Prospect
Secondary: Black Hawk Claims


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Iron


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: State Line Area


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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Carnotite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): IRON OCCURS AS A MAGNETITE VEIN IN THE HANGING WALL OF A NORTH-STRIKING FAULT ZONE. SMALL OUTCROPS AND FLOAT IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY INDICATE OTHER VEINS NEARBY, BUT MAGNETIC SURVEYS OF THE AREA INDICATE THAT THEY ARE OF SMALL SIZE, GARSIDE (1973) REPORTS THE PRESENCE OF TORBERNITE AUTUNITE, AND CARNOTITE OCCURRING IN A N 56 W, 89 NE - DIPPING FAULT ZONE CUTTING PRE-JURASSIC METAMORPHIC ROCKS NEAR A GRANITE CONTACT NEAR THE MAGNETITE OCCURRENCE.

Comment (Workings): ADITS, PITS


References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70.

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 SCALE MAP AREA.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81.


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.