Black Hawk Claim

The Black Hawk Claim is a manganese mine located in Humboldt 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

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Site Name

Primary: Black Hawk Claim

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Buffalo Mountain Mining Area

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Hicks, John Wiley
Years: 1959 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Replacement Mn

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 3.6% AL2O3
Analytical Data: ASSAY RESULT: 24.2 MN, 1.4% FE

Materials

Unknown: Rhodonite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACROSS A SMALL GULCH FROM BLACKTOP CLAIMS ON NW SIDE OF BUFFALO MOUNTAIN. UTM IS TO ONE CENTRALLY LOCATED PIT AMONG SEVERAL SCATTERED OVER A 1000 FT RADIUS

Comment (Workings): 5 EXPLORATORY PITS OR TRENCHES ALONG A STRIKE LENGTHOF 500 FT OR MORE

Comment (Geology): ORE IS AN INTIMATE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE, MANGANESE SILICATE AND QUARTZITE

Comment (Deposit): OFTEN LISTED WITH MN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK DIABLO DISTRICT IN PERSHING COUNTY, ACROSS PUMPERNICKEL VALLEY TO THE S-OUTHWEST. THE DEPOSITS ARE SIMILAR IN NATURE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): SHIBLER, B.K. & WELLS, R.R., 1951, CONCENTRATION OF OXIDE AND SILICATE MANGANESE ORES FROM THE VICINITY OF GOLCONDA, NEVADA: U.S.B.M. REPT. OF INV. 4754., P. 1, 8-10.

Reference (Deposit): TRENGROVE, R.R., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE DEPOSITS: U.S. BM. REPT. OF INV. 5446, P. 16-17

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, P. 96.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

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.