USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Pershing County
Black Jack Mine
Unconfirmed Mercury Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Pershing
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Mercury
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Eldorado, Rudy, Pearl, NBMG Sample Sites 2521, 2522
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 25 T31N R33E Structure: Humboldt Range ; Reg.Trends: North To Northeast Low-Angle Shears At Shale-Limestone Contact. Alteration: Silicification Tectonics: Basin And Range Deposit: Concentration of cinnabar primarily controlled by nearly flat co…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 3 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Bonnie Noble And V. C. Biggs · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Jarosite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Cinnabar
- Calcite
- Cinnabar
- commodity:Mercury
View all 13 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Jarosite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Cinnabar
- Calcite
- Cinnabar
- commodity:Mercury
- Granite
- Jarosite
- Limestone
- Pyrite
- Quartz
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (1)
- mapped adit symbols (3)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 58247
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (8)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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