The Blackbird is a mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.0325, -117.02970
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Blackbird MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackbird
Secondary: Carico Lake
Secondary: Gibson
Commodity
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Carico Lake
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. W. Fink,Robert Holdren,Elko,Nev.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1953
Owner Name: Golden Century Ind. Inc.,
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1953
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1944
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chert
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Unknown: Wad
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM R.I.5446,P.21
Reference (Deposit): USBM,WFOC,MINERAL PROPERTY FILE # 41.9
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.
