1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Bimetal Group

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043775
MRDS ID M231056
Record type Site
Current site name Bimetal Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.58514, 39.14074 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond Field Jack Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 030E 25 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM THE PROSPECT CONTAIN 112 PPM AU, AT ONE SITE AND 6 PPM AU AT 7 OTHER SITES.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.58514, 39.14074
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 40 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS GROUP IS ON QUARTZ VEINS IN GRANODIORITE; THE QUARTZ VEINS GENERALLY PARALLEL A PROMINENT SET OF APLITE DIKES. THE NORTHERNMOST PROSPECT IN THE GROUP IS OPENED BY TWO SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFTS AND A SHALLOW BULLDOZER TRENCH THAT EXPOSE A QUARTZ VEIN ABOUT 4 INCHES TO 1 FOOT THICK. THE SOUTHERN WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO INCLINED SHAFTS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS. THE WORKINGS EXPLORE A QUARTZ VEIN THAT STRIKES ABOUT N 70 DEG W AND DIPS ABOUT 40 DEG NE. THE VEIN IS A COMPOSITE VEIN MADE UP OF SEVERAL QUARTZ VEINS 1 TO 3 INCHES THICK. SAMPLES FROM THE PROSPECTS CONTAIN 112 PPM GOLD AT ONE SITE AND LESS THAN 6 PPM GOLD AT 7 OTHERS; ALL SAMPLES CONTAINED LESS THAN 30 PPM SILVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, RC, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.