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==Oil Wells in the Black Rock Desert Region ==
==Oil Wells in the Black Rock Desert Region ==
* [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/lists/oil/logs/Oil_and_Gas_by_State_Permit.htm UNR Oil and Gas by State Permit] Black Rock Desert Oil Wells reproduced below
See [[Oil Wells]].
 
{|
|-
|API
|COUNTY
|PERMIT
|OPERATOR
|WELL
|SECTION
|TOWNSHIP
|RANGE
|PARTSECT
|DISTFROMLI
|PERMIT_ISS
|COMPL_DATE
|STATUS
|TD
|Description
|-
|[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/lists/oil/logs/27-013-04999/ 27-013-04999]
|Humboldt
|0
|Western Pacific Railroad Co.
|Sulphur-M.P. 474.67
|
|35N [http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/Mount_Diablo_Meridian/R29E/T35N Map]
|29E
|
|
|1909
|1909
|D & A
|970
|Possible oil show at 845-875 ft, although samples examined at the University of Nevada appear to be a refined product. Water zones at 440-455 ft, 495-510 ft, and 560-670 ft. Well tested to 60 GPM of water. This well was put down at the Western Pacific st
|-
|[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/lists/oil/logs/27-013-05000/ 27-013-05000]
|Humboldt
|0
|Black Rock Oil,Gas,Refining & Development Co.
|No. 1
|13
|35N [http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/Mount_Diablo_Meridian/R29E/T35N Map]
|29E
|NW/4; NW/4; NE/4
|
|00 DEC 21
|00 DEC 21
|P & A
|800
|Drilled near the Western Pacific Railroad Co. Sulphur-M.P.474.67 well.
|-
|[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/lists/oil/logs/27-031-00000/ 27-031-00000]
|Washoe
|0
|Smoke Creek Desert, Nevada
|Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4
|
|32N [http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/Mount_Diablo_Meridian/R21E/T32N Map] [http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/Mount_Diablo_Meridian/R21E/T32N Map]
|21E
|1920s
|-
|[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/lists/oil/logs/27-027-00000/ 27-027-00000]
|Pershing
|0
|Trego Well, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
|Trego Well
|
|34N [http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/Mount_Diablo_Meridian/R25E/T34N Map]
|25E
|A
|
|
|
|
|
|1500
|Lithologic log in file titled Trego Well, Black Rock Desert, Nevada, T34N, R25E, 4.5 miles due north of Trego and 18 miles northeast of Gerlach, Pershing County. This is all of the information currently available.
|-
|[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/lists/oil/logs/27-013-05002/ 27-013-05002]
|Humboldt
|347
|Sun Exploration & Production Co.
|King Lear Federal No. 1-17
|17
|37N [http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/Mount_Diablo_Meridian/R29E/T37N map]
|29E
|SW/4 SW/4
|600 S,555 W
|06 JAN 83
|04 JUN 83
|P & A
|7,931
|3,950
|Core analysis available at NBMG. Oil show reported from core analysis at 6880-7052 ft and was detected as yellow and gold specular fluorescence. Very slightly gas-cut mud reported from DST at 6894-6930 ft.
|}
 
* [http://www.delamare.unr.edu/Maps/digitalcollections/nvmaps/plats/ Nevada plats]


==Black Rock Oil, Gas, Refining and Developing Company==
==Black Rock Oil, Gas, Refining and Developing Company==
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"The Mountain View property is located in northwest Nevada near the Blackrock Desert. The property is approximately 15 miles northwest of Gerlach, Nevada in Washoe County. The property consists of 127 claims with a total area of approximately 2,360 acres. ..."
"The Mountain View property is located in northwest Nevada near the Blackrock Desert. The property is approximately 15 miles northwest of Gerlach, Nevada in Washoe County. The property consists of 127 claims with a total area of approximately 2,360 acres. ..."


 
==Mining Districts==
==Black Rock==  
Tingley 1998 lists the following mining districts<ref name="Tingley1998">Joseph V. Tingley, "[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/r47.pdfh Mining Districts of Nevada]," 1998, 2nd Edition.  (Dead link, see [https://web.archive.org/web/20150221051144/http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/r47.pdf Archive.org). See [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/plate.pdf map] for details.</ref>:
r47.pdf:
* [[Black Rock Mining District]]
Other names: Hardin, Soldier Meadows, Soldier Meadow area
* [[Blue Wing Mining District]]
County: Humboldt
* [[Cottonwood Mining District]] - In the [[Fox Range]]
Discovered: 1849 (1863?)
* [[Deephole Mining District]]
Period active: 1858-1860; 1866-1867
* [[Donnelly Mining District]]
Commodities: silver, gold, uranium, fluorspar, nitrates
* [[Dyke Mining District]]
Comments: Located at Black Rock, in the vicinity of [[Hardin City]] on the west slope of the Black
* [[Farrell Mining District]]
Rock Range, several miles north of Double Hot Springs. Bancroft (1890) placed the original
* [[Hooker Mining District]] - In the [[Selenite Range]]
discoveries 1.5 miles from Hardinville. The district includes the Soldier Meadow uranium area
* [[Jackson Mountains Mining District]]
of Garside (1973) and the Soldier Meadows nitrate area of Gianella (1945).
* [[Leadville Mining District]]
References: Stretch, 1867, p. 46; Territorial Enterprise, March 7, 1868; Angel, 1881, p. 450;
* [[Leonard Creek Mining District]]
Bancroft, 1890, p. 103; Stoddard, 1932, p. 44; Gianella, 1945, p. 76; Garside, 1973, p. 56;
* [[Nightingale Mining District]]
Carlson, 1974, p. 220; Papke, 1979, p. 21; Wheeler, 1979, p. 139
* [[Red Butte Mining District]] - North of [[Sulphur]]
 
* [[Rosebud Mining District]] - South of [[Sulphur]]
==Little Joe and Hoss Opal Mines==
* [[San Emidio Mining District]]
* Discovered by Ray Duffield in the 1960's Stephen B. Castor, Gregory C. Ferdock, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=flAhr0MbxM8C&lpg=PA351&ots=CqRZTf2QQc&dq=gerlach%20diesel%20generator%201951&pg=PA76#v=onepage&q=Little%20Joe&f=false Minerals of Nevada, Issue 31]."
* [[Staggs Mining District]]
 
* [[Sulphur Mining District]]
==Hog Ranch Mine==
* [[Varyville Mining District]]
The Hog Ranch Mine is a gold mine located in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hog_Ranch_Mountains Hog Ranch Mountains].
* [http://www.kcareno.com/pdfs/Development_of_the_Hog_Ranch_Mine_-_Washoe_County_Nevada.pdf Development of the Hog Ranch Mine, Washoe, Nevada]," 1987.  First staked by Noranda in 1979.  Gold first poured in September, 1987.


==See Also==
==See Also==
* [[Gerlach_%22Great_Boiling%22_Springs#Borax | Borax]]
* [[Empire Tramway (Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Summer 1973)]]
* [[Empire Tramway (Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Summer 1973)]]
* [[Donnelly District]]
* [[Geology]]
* [[Geology]]
* [[Hardin City]]
* [[Hardin City]]
* [[Red Butte Mining District]]
* [[:Category:Mines | Mines]]
* [[Royal Rainbow Opal Mine]]
* [[:Category:Mining | Mining]]
* [[Nitrate]]
* [[Sulphur]]
* [[Sulphur]]
* [[Virgin Valley]]
* [[Virgin Valley]]
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==External Resources==
==External Resources==
* H.F. Bonham, Jr., L.J. Garside, R.B. Jones, K.G. Papke, J.Quade, and J.V. Tingle, [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/of8503.pdf OF1985-03: A mineral inventory of the Paradise-Denio -- and Sonoma-Gerlach Resource Areas, Winnemucca District, Nevada]," 1985. (A good description of various mining districts)
* H.F. Bonham, Jr., L.J. Garside, R.B. Jones, K.G. Papke, J.Quade, and J.V. Tingle, [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/of8503.pdf OF1985-03: A mineral inventory of the Paradise-Denio -- and Sonoma-Gerlach Resource Areas, Winnemucca District, Nevada]," 1985. (A good description of various mining districts)
* http://www.nevadaoutdoorschool.org/Interpretive_kits_files/Fly%20Canyon/Rabbit%20hole%20Springs.htm (Dead link)
* Robert C.Horton, "[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/DataDownloads/docs/Horton_References.pdf Card Index File of Nevada Mines,Mining Districts, Minerals, Mine Owners and Operators, and Related References (last entry in 1966)]," Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.
* [http://www.bettermines.org/cmc_blackrock.cfm www.bettermines.org/cmc_blackrock.cfm Westerners for Responsible Mining - Black Rock Desert, Nevada] (Dead link)
* [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/mdfiles/mdfiles.htm NBMG Mining District File Collection with Index and Search Engine]
* [http://www.greatbasinminewatch.org/mambo/ Great Basin Mine Watch] (Dead link)
 
* [http://www.vistagold.com/hycroft.php www.vistagold.com/hycroft.php Vista Gold - Hycroft] (Dead link) near [[Sulphur]]
* Dead links
** [http://www.bettermines.org/cmc_blackrock.cfm www.bettermines.org/cmc_blackrock.cfm Westerners for Responsible Mining - Black Rock Desert, Nevada] (Dead link)
** [http://www.greatbasinminewatch.org/mambo/ Great Basin Mine Watch] (Dead link)
** [http://www.vistagold.com/hycroft.php www.vistagold.com/hycroft.php Vista Gold - Hycroft] (Dead link) near [[Sulphur]]


==Historical Resources==
==Historical Resources==
* San Francisco Chronicle, "Rich Niter Deposit Near State Line," June 8, 1911, p. 3.  Niter or Saltpeter was found 18 miles from Gerlach.  The discovery was kept secret until a government geologist could examine the find.
* San Francisco Chronicle, "Rich Niter Deposit Near State Line," June 8, 1911, p. 3.  Niter or Saltpeter was found 18 miles from [[Gerlach]].  The discovery was kept secret until a government geologist could examine the find.
* San Francisco Chronicle, "Drill For Potash on Nevada Desert," December 10, 1914, p 4.  WW I cut off German supply of Potash, H.S. Gale, member of the Government Survey, was to supervise drilling with the assistance of Prof J.C. Jones from UNR.
** Hoyt S. Gale, "[http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0523/report.pdf Nitrate Deposits]," Bulletin 523, USGS.  Two photos.  See [[Nitrate]]
* San Francisco Chronicle, "Drill For Potash on Nevada Desert," December 10, 1914, p 4.  WW I cut off German supply of Potash, H.S. Gale, member of the Government Survey, was to supervise drilling with the assistance of Prof J.C. Jones from UNR. See [[Trego]] and [[:File:TregoMap1913.png]].
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Mining]]

Latest revision as of 05:13, 20 June 2017

This page consists of brief descriptions of mining efforts in the area

Oil Wells in the Black Rock Desert Region

See Oil Wells.

Black Rock Oil, Gas, Refining and Developing Company

Stock was sold for $0.10/share in 1921. The Nevada Historical Society has a stock certificate.

Reuters Stock Descriptions

From http://stocks.us.reuters.com/stocks/fullDescription.asp?rpc=66&symbol=ANV

Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (Allied Nevada)

Incorporated on September 14, 2006, ... owns the Hycroft mine, ...

The Hycroft mine and related facilities are located 54 miles west of Winnemucca, Nevada. The mine is under care and maintenance. The project encompasses 12,230 acres, including both patented and unpatented claims. From inception in 1987 until suspension of mining operations in December 1998, the Hycroft mine has produced over one million ounces of gold. In January 2006, Vista Gold had announced results of a feasibility study for the possible restart of operations at the Hycroft mine. The Brimstone deposit contains an estimated 52.7 million tons of gold mineralized material at a grade of 0.019 ounces of gold per ton. The Hycroft mine is located on the western flank of the Kamma Mountains. The deposit is hosted in a volcanic eruptive breccia and conglomerates associated with the Tertiary Kamma Mountain volcanics. ...

Wildcat

"The Wildcat project is located about 35 miles northwest of Lovelock and 26 miles south of the Hycroft mine in Pershing County, Nevada. The project consists of 74 unpatented claims and four patented claims, comprising 1389.6 acres. The Wildcat project lies in the Seven Troughs Range, which is underlined by Triassic and Jurassic sedimentary rocks and has been intruded by Cretaceous granodiorite. ..."

Mountain View

"The Mountain View property is located in northwest Nevada near the Blackrock Desert. The property is approximately 15 miles northwest of Gerlach, Nevada in Washoe County. The property consists of 127 claims with a total area of approximately 2,360 acres. ..."

Mining Districts

Tingley 1998 lists the following mining districts[1]:

See Also

External Resources

Historical Resources

  • San Francisco Chronicle, "Rich Niter Deposit Near State Line," June 8, 1911, p. 3. Niter or Saltpeter was found 18 miles from Gerlach. The discovery was kept secret until a government geologist could examine the find.
  • San Francisco Chronicle, "Drill For Potash on Nevada Desert," December 10, 1914, p 4. WW I cut off German supply of Potash, H.S. Gale, member of the Government Survey, was to supervise drilling with the assistance of Prof J.C. Jones from UNR. See Trego and File:TregoMap1913.png.

References

  1. ↑ Joseph V. Tingley, "Mining Districts of Nevada," 1998, 2nd Edition. (Dead link, see Archive.org). See [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/r47/plate.pdf map for details.
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