The Black Point is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Black Point MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Point
Secondary: Silver Ledge
Secondary: Wynona
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Diamond District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bay, J. L.
Years: 1962 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR ()
Structure
Type: L
Description: Breccia Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Carbonate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1939-40 SHIPMENT-10-20 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 23
Comment (Production): 2611.7 TONS ORES SHIPPED IN 1939-1940 CONTAINED 10-20 OZ/TON AU.
Comment (Workings): 160.FT. ADIT PLUS CONNECTING WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): ORE IS IN QTZ AND CALCITE FILLING BRECCIA ZONE IN CARBONATE ROCK.
Comment (Deposit): 160 FOOT ADIT AND CONNECTING WORKINGS TOTAL 260 FEET ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL, 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES AT EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 6
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL-, (1967)
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.
