The Black Metal Mine is a lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,118 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,118 Feet (1,560 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 37.3314, -115.76830
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Black Metal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Metal Mine
Secondary: Black Medal Claim
Secondary: Black Metal
Secondary: Lane Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Bristol-Jackrabbit District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES IN THE DISTRICT ARE LOCALIZED IN FRACTURED ZONES, AND MAY BE EITHER REPLACEMENT OR FISSURE VEIN DEPOSITS. COUNTRY ROCK (LIMEST) IS SILICIFIED ALONG MINERALIZING FISSURES. SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK 110 FT. AT AN ANGLE OF 85 DEGREES.
Comment (Geology): THE INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE BEDS IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE PIOCHE SHALE ARE THE ORE-BEARING BEDS IN THE PIOCHE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SPHALERITE IS MORE ABUNDANT THAN GALENA, WITH ZN RANGING FROM 6 T0 22 PCT. NO FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE AS TO ASSAY FOR OTHER METALS.
References
Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, P. 149.
Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 42, 1945, P. 45.
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.
