Black Point

The Black Point is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in White Pine 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 Point  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold

Lat, Long: 39.66972, -115.86667

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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

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.