Black Warrior Mine

The Black Warrior Mine is a antimony mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,079 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Black Warrior Mine
Secondary: Ernst Black Warrior
Secondary: Jackson Canyon
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2572

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Unionville 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

Owner Name: Ernst, C. A.
Home Office: Unionville, Nev.
Years: 1959 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults, Cross Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Argillization And Silicification

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2572,DUMP SELECT OF PYRITIZED, SILICIFIED ROCK WITH SULFIDES CONTAINS 0.05 % FE, 1.5 % CA, 20 PPM AG, 200 P-PM AS, 0.2 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 10 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 500 -PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 1500 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 150 PP-M SR, 15 PPM V, 7000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED AND WORKED IN 1870, REWORKED DURING PERIODS 1916-18 AND 1940-41. MINE IS DEVELOPED BY ADITS AND A SHAFT. THE VEIN EXPOSED IN MAIN ADIT HAS BEEN STOPED, IN SOME PLACES UP TO THE SURFACE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): N SIDE OF JACKSON CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Comment (Development): DISCOVERED AND WORKED IN 1870, REWORKED DURING PERIODS 1916-18 AND 1940-41.. NO ACTIVITY IN 1984, LONG IDLE.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE BLACK WARRIOR, GIVEN IN THE ARIZONA MINE REPORT

Comment (Geology): MINE DEVELOPED ON QUARTZ-STIBNITE VEINS VARYING 3 TO40 INCHES IN WIDTH. STIBNITE OCCURS AS SMALL PADS AND STREAKS,, AND AS INDIVIDUAL CRYSTALS AND BLEBS IN THE QUARTZ. TETRAHEDRITE, PYRITE AND SPHALERITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PODS AND STREAKS OF STIBNITE. THE LARGER AND HIGHER GRADE ORE BODIES ARE IN THE RHYOLITE WITH SIZE AND GRADE OF DEPOSIT DECREASING UPWARD INTO THE PRIDA FORMATION AND DOWNWARD INTO THE RHYOLITE PYROCLASTIC ROCKS. RHYOLITE WALL ROCK HAS BEEN ALTERED ADJACENT TO THE VEINS. PYRITE COMMONLY ALTERED TO LIMONITE; TETRAHEDRITE PARTIALLY CONVERTED TO MALACHITE AND AZURITE.

Comment (Deposit): THE BLACK WARRIOR MINE IS DEVELOPED ON QUARTZ-STIBNITE VEINS VARYING FROM 3 TO 40 INCHES IN WIDTH. THE ORE MINERAL STIBNITE OCCURS AS SMALL PODS AND STREAKS, AND AS INDIVIDUAL CRYSTALS AND BLEBS IN THE QUARTZ. TETRAHEDRITE, PYRITE AND SPHALERITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PODS AND STREAKS OF STIBNITE. THE LARGER AND HIGHER GRADE ORE BODIES ARE IN THE RHYOLITE WITH SIZE AND GRADE OF DEPOSITS DECREASING UPWARD INTO THE PRIDA FORMATION AND DOWNWARD INTO THE RHYOLITE PYROCLASTIC ROCKS. RHYOLITE WALL ROCK HAS BEEN ALLTERED ADJACENT TO THE VEINS. PYRITE COMMONLY ALTERED TO LIMONITE; TETRAHEDRITE PARTIALLY CONVERTED TO MALACHITE AND AZURITE.. WALLROCKS ARE PYRITIZED AND SILICIFIED.ADJACENT TO VEINS.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.

Comment (Workings): MINE IS DEVELOPED BY ADITS AND A SHAFT. THE VEIN EXPOSED IN THE MAIN ADIT HAS BEEN STOPED, IN SAME PLACES UP TO SURFACE.; PITS, SMALL STOCKPILE OF ORE-GRADE MATERIAL.

References

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6902

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 28 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Production): LAWRENCE, 1963

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61

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.