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

Bi-Metallic No. 3 Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044434
MRDS ID M231852
Record type Site
Current site name Bi-Metallic No. 3 Prospect
Alternate or previous names Tiger Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24926, 39.11353 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 2.35 MILES WEST OF TOIYABE RANGE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millett Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 042E 03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE PILE ASSAYED 24.2 % PB, 7.8 OZ/T AG,0.10 OZ/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24926, 39.11353
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 2 M Wide Thrust Fault Strikes N50w,Dips 35sw

Ore body information

  • Width 3.35M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Adjacent To A Brecciated And Silicified Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ-PYRITE STRINGERS PERSIST FOR 15 FT S OF THE FRACTURE AND ARE DISSEMINATED IN THE CRUSHED ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Linka, S. H.
    Home office Austin
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 40 - FT INCLINE SHAFT AND A CAVED 300 FT ADIT. AS WELL AS RECENT SHALLOW (?) DRILLHOLES AND RECENT CLAIM STAKES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 210.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE,L.J., AUG. 1981 FIELD EXAMINATION.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 594, P.124.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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.