Black Warrior Mine

The Black Warrior Mine is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,351 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Black Warrior Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865)

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: Apex 76 Deep Mines Co., John Path, Jr - President/Owner
Home Office: P.O. Box 170, Dayton, Nv 89403
Years: 1981 -

Owner Name: Apex 76 Deep Mines Co., John Path, Jr - President/Owner
Home Office: P.O. Box 170, Dayton, Nv 89403
Years: 1981 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1878
Discovery Year: 1876
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR VEINS-ROUGHLY TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Location): 0.3 MILE NW OF MOUTH OF EAGLE CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Reserve-Resource): AN 1878 ESTIMATE REPORTED 300 TONS OF $200 ORE WAS ON THE DUMP OF THE BLACK WARRIOR MINE

Comment (Development): AN 1878 REPORT STATED THAT 300 TONS OF $200 ORE WAS ON THE DUMP. PATENT WAS ISSUED ON THE CLAIM IN 1879 OWNED & MINED BY SILVER PEAK AND RED MOUNTAIN GOLD & SILVER MINING CO. IN 1879. LISTED AS AN ACTIVE, OPEN-PIT, GOLD-SILVER MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 4 PERSONS.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS OF QUARTZ AND JASPEROID (SILICIFIED MARBLE) PARALLEL TO OR OCCASIONALLY CROSSCUTTING BEDDING PLANES GOOD ORE IS CHARACTERIZED BY PRESENCE OF A BLACK METALLIC MINERAL IN DISSEMINATED STREAKS IN THE QUARTZ

Comment (Workings): TUNNELS AND OTHER "CONSIDERABLE WORKINGS" ALONG A ZONE ABOUT 150 YDS, LONG. OPEN PIT IN 1980

References

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER NO.55.

Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK: NO. 8 OF HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEV.

Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980.

Reference (Production): SHAMBERGER, H.A., (1976) P. 15; SPURR, J.E. (1906)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SHAMBERGER, H.A. (1976) P. 15.

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.