Blackbird Prospect

The Blackbird Prospect is a antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,040 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

Name: Blackbird Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)

Commodity: Antimony

Lat, Long: 38.54111, -115.86000

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Blackbird Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blackbird Prospect
Secondary: Tognoni
Secondary: Strode
Secondary: Silver King


Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Selenium
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Pancake Range


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Locke, Madison
Years: 1958 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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
Physiographic Detail: Pancake Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: BLEBS, SMALL PODS, VEINLETS, ROSETTES, SINGLE CRYSTALS


Structure

Type: L
Description: Flow Bands In Rhyolite Strike N55e, Dip 55-65 Nw.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Rhyolite Is Silicified And Brecciated.And Argillized,Cemented By Quartz


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AN ORE SAMPLE FROM A 5 INCH VEIN AT THE TOP OF A SHAFT ASSAYED 12.59 % SB, 0.16 OZ AG, 0.04 % SE.


Materials

Ore: Barite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Rhyolite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVEN SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE


References

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 149-151


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.