Mine detail: Black Warrior Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.81133, -117.6837

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Antimony
Ore: Galena, Malachite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR VEINS-ROUGHLY TABULAR
Discovery year: 1876

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1878

Geology

Host rock:Reed Dolomite
Host type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Marble
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM241994
DEP10046786
Reference{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER NO.55.}{Deposit:: SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK: NO. 8 OF HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEV.}{Deposit:: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980.}{Production:: SHAMBERGER, H.A., (1976) P. 15; SPURR, J.E. (1906)}{Reserve-Resource:: SHAMBERGER, H.A. (1976) P. 15.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)