Black Warrior Mine, Buena Vista Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Black Warrior Mine | Mine |
| Buena Vista Mining District | Mining District |
| Pershing County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 25' 45'' North , 118° 6' 53'' West
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Located near Unionville.
Sec 35 T30N R34E
Structure: Faults, Cross Faults
Alteration: Some Argillization And Silicification
Deposit: Discovered and worked in 1870, reworked during periods 1916-18 and 1940-41. Mine is developed by adits and a shaft. The vein exposed in main adit has been stoped, in some places up to the surface. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept; 3 field observ the black warrior mine is developed on quartz-stibnite veins varying from 3 to 40 inches in width. The ore mineral stibnite occurs As small pods and streaks, and As individual crystals and blebs in the quartz. Tetrahedrite, pyrite and sphalerite are associated with the pods and streaks of stibnite. The larger and higher grade ore bodies are in the rhyolite with size and grade of deposits decreasing upward into the prida formation and downward into the rhyolite pyroclastic rocks. Rhyolite wall rock has been alltered adjacent to the veins. Pyrite commonly altered to limonite; tetrahedrite partially converted to malachite and azurite.. Wallrocks are pyritized and silicified.adjacent to veins.; model name could also be: simple sb.
Deposit type: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Development: Discovered and worked in 1870, reworked during periods 1916-18 and 1940-41.. No activity in 1984, long idle.
Geology: Mine developed on quartz-stibnite veins varying 3 to40 inches in width. Stibnite occurs As small pads and streaks,, and As individual crystals and blebs in the quartz. Tetrahedrite, pyrite and sphalerite are associated with the pods and streaks of stibnite. The larger and higher grade ore bodies are in the rhyolite with size and grade of deposit decreasing upward into the prida formation and downward into the rhyolite pyroclastic rocks. Rhyolite wall rock has been altered adjacent to the veins. Pyrite commonly altered to limonite; tetrahedrite partially converted to malachite and azurite.
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7 valid minerals.
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| ⓘ Kermesite Formula: Sb2S2O |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| ⓘ Stibiconite Formula: Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) References: |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Kermesite | 2.FD.05 | Sb2S2O |
| ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Stibiconite | 4.DH.20 | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Stibiconite | Sb3+Sb25+O6(OH) |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Kermesite | Sb2S2O |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Stibiconite | Sb3+Sb25+O6(OH) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Kermesite | Sb2S2O |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| S | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Kermesite | Sb2S2O |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibiconite | Sb3+Sb25+O6(OH) |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Sb | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10103885 |
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Black Warrior Mine, Buena Vista Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA