Black Hawk Prospect

The Black Hawk Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Mineral 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

Name: Black Hawk Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 38.2775, -118.35111

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Black Hawk Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Black Hawk Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star District


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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LINEAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Ne-Trending Faults

Type: L
Description: Strong Folding With Local Overturning, Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic

Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA IN VERTICAL VEIN STRIKING N60W. THIS PROPERTY IS REPORTEDLY AND CONTINUATION OF THE BIRDSONG VEIN


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL58

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M. 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594.


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.