Black Horse Group Mine

The Black Horse Group Mine is a tungsten and gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,300 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Black Horse Group Mine
Secondary: Gold King Mine
Secondary: Gold King Nos. 1 and 2 Claims
Secondary: California Group.

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Black Horse

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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Amalgamated Nevada Mines Co.
Years: 1910 - 1912

Production

Year: 1944
Time Period: 1941-1944,1953
Year: 1913
Time Period: 1906-1913

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Type: R
Description: Decollement Fault Dipping Nnw Separates Quartzite From Cambrian Limestone And Shale.

Type: L
Description: Complexly Folded And Faulted

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: W ORE AVERAGED 2 % WO3 WITH NO MNO.
Analytical Data: AVERAGE ORE GRADE WAS ABOUT 0.9 OZ/T AU, 0.6 OZ/T AG

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): 4 CLAIMS

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS LESS THAN 500 UNITS WO3

Comment (Development): PRODUCED GOLD 1906-1913. SCHEELITE WAS PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1943-1953. A 25 TPD CONCENTRATING PLANT WAS IN OPERATION FROM 1943-1944.

Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES ARE IN 2 QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS ALONG BEDDING FAULTS. VEINS PINCH AND SWELL ALONG STRIKE AND DIP. BLACK HORSE TUNGSTEN VEIN WAS MINED FOR SCHEELITE TO A DEPTH OF 100 FT, AND EXPLORED TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT.

Comment (Geology): ORE IN TWO QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS ALONG BEDDING FAULTS ORE IN TWO QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS ALONG BEDDING FAULTS. LIMESTONE, SHALE, CARBONACEOUS SHALE AND CARBONACEOUS LIMESTONE; STRIKING E, DIP N.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS AND SEVERAL SHAFTS WITH ABOUT 300 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. "GOOD SURFACE SHOWINGS."

References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA; IN PREPARATION.

Reference (Deposit): STAMBAUGH, J.W. 1912, NBMG FILE 324, ITEM 1.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1963, NBMG FILE 324, ITEM 3

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C.,JR.,AND SMITH,R.M.,1976, NBMG BULL 85, P. 46-47.

Reference (Production): SMITH, 1976; STAGER,H.K.,IN PREP., COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943, P. 150.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 50-83.

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP MF 1244-A

Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR BLM 11.) COUCH,B.F., & CARPENTER,J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P.1

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 324, CLIPPINGS- SEVERAL FROM ENG.AND MIN. JOUR.

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.