Mining

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:

• Black Rock Mining District
• Bluewing Mining District
• Cottonwood Mining District - In the Fox Range
• Deephole Mining District
• Donnelly Mining District
• Dyke Mining District
• Farrell Mining District
• Hooker Mining District - In the Selenite Range
• Jackson Mountains Mining District
• Leadville Mining District
• Leonard Creek Mining District
• Nightingale Mining District
• Red Butte Mining District - North of Sulphur
• Rosebud Mining District - South of Sulphur
• San Emidio Mining District
• Staggs Mining District
• Sulphur Mining District
• Varyville Mining District

Black Rock

r47.pdf: Other names: Hardin, Soldier Meadows, Soldier Meadow area County: Humboldt Discovered: 1849 (1863?) Period active: 1858-1860; 1866-1867 Commodities: silver, gold, uranium, fluorspar, nitrates Comments: Located at Black Rock, in the vicinity of Hardin City on the west slope of the Black Rock Range, several miles north of Double Hot Springs. Bancroft (1890) placed the original discoveries 1.5 miles from Hardinville. The district includes the Soldier Meadow uranium area of Garside (1973) and the Soldier Meadows nitrate area of Gianella (1945). References: Stretch, 1867, p. 46; Territorial Enterprise, March 7, 1868; Angel, 1881, p. 450; Bancroft, 1890, p. 103; Stoddard, 1932, p. 44; Gianella, 1945, p. 76; Garside, 1973, p. 56; Carlson, 1974, p. 220; Papke, 1979, p. 21; Wheeler, 1979, p. 139

Hog Ranch Mine

The Hog Ranch Mine is a gold mine located in the Hog Ranch Mountains.

• Larry J. Garside and David A. Davis, "OF1992-01: A mineral inventory of the Nevada portion of the Cedarville Resource Area, Susanville Bureau of Management District, Nevada," 1992.
• Larry J, Garside, "B081: Radioactive mineral occurrences in Nevada," 1981. uranium is found associated with petrified wood.
• "Development of the Hog Ranch Mine, Washoe, Nevada," 1987. First staked by Noranda in 1979. Gold first poured in September, 1987.

See Also

• Empire Tramway (Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Summer 1973)
• Geology
• Hardin City
• Little Joe Mine
• Nitrate
• Royal Rainbow Opal Mine
• Sulphur
• Virgin Valley

External Resources

• H.F. Bonham, Jr., L.J. Garside, R.B. Jones, K.G. Papke, J.Quade, and J.V. Tingle, 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)
• Robert C.Horton, "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.
• NBMG Mining District File Collection with Index and Search Engine

• Dead links
  • www.bettermines.org/cmc_blackrock.cfm Westerners for Responsible Mining - Black Rock Desert, Nevada (Dead link)
  • Great Basin Mine Watch (Dead link)
  • www.vistagold.com/hycroft.php Vista Gold - Hycroft (Dead link) near Sulphur

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.
  • Hoyt S. Gale, "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.