Black Hawk Mine (Black Hawk Mercury Mine; Mellan Mine; Mercury claim; Producer claim; Red Mercury claim; Little Mercury claims; Mellan and Reid Mine; Red Dog claims [?]), Queen City Mining District, Quinn Canyon Range, Nye County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 46' 18'' North , 115° 57' 54'' West
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Mindat Locality ID:
40444
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:40444:9
GUID (UUID V4):
2159cd9f-7ec7-4fb5-aba0-160154419b69
A former Hg occurrence/group of claims/mine located 5½ MI NW OF INTERSECTION OF HWY 25 AND NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTY LINE , 98 MI SE OF TONOPAH. 17 claims.
Alteration: Silicification, Oxidation, Bleaching, Argillization
Commodity: ORE AVG. 3-5 LB./TON.
Deposit: Cinnabar occurs As botryoidal masses along contact between sandstone and limestone, and veinlets are associated with shear zones. Crystalline cinnabar occurs As veinlets and grains in sacchroidal vein quartz, and As botryoidal coatings in vugs in the silicified volcanics. The rocks are also coated with chalcedonic silica and contain minor jarosite(?). No outcrops were observed on claim block which is covered with alluvium-shaft is collared in alluvium. Late stage cockscomb quartz coats siliceous rocks, which also carry very fine barite crystals intergrown with quartz crystals and very fine pyrite. Sandstone was observed on the dump, however, no sedimentary rocks outcrop in the vicinity, only volcanics. Dark grey zones in siliceous rocks suggest disseminated sulfide mineralization. Sample site 1471. There are no mine workings on the eastern side of the summit As indicated by the mine symbol on the map. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept; 3 field observ
Development: 7 claims origenally located 84 j. Mellan. Major production occured from 1930-1935. Sporatic activity occured 1936-43 and 1955-57, showing no production. Recently staked & drilled. In 1983.
Ore(s): Shears (Northerly Trending)
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5 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS References: |
| ⓘ Jarosite Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Jarosite | 7.BC.10 | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| S | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10104093 |
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- Mojave DomainDomain
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