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Gibellini Vanadium

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Vanadium, Selenium
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044700
MRDS ID M232266
Record type Site
Current site name Gibellini Vanadium
Alternate or previous names Bisoni and Bisoni-McKay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.09646, 39.20937 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eightmile Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Smoky-Newark Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 052E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 500 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Metahewettite Ore
Wavellite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.09646, 39.20937
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtn Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VANADIUM DEPOSITS ARE IN HIGHLY SHEARED AND CONTORTED BLACK SHALES INTERLAYERED WITH CHERT, CALCAREOUS SHALE AND LIMESTONE. THESE ROCKS ARE WESTERN ASSEMBLAGE AND IN THE UPPER PLATE OF THE ROBERTS MTN THRUST. THE VANADIUM MINERALS ARE WITH BITUMINOUOUS PHOSPHATIC SHALES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1960

Mining district

District name Fish Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Siskon Co
    First year 1960
    Last year 1961

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND CHURN DRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY THE SISKON CO. IN 1960-1961, WHO MADE OPEN-CUTS AND CHURN-DRILL HOLES.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0777 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO NEV, N.B. OF M. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 40, REF. NO. 3201100038, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 76.002

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VANADIUM DEPOSITS IN SHEARED, CONTORTED, BLACK SHALES. VANADIUM MINERALS ARE WITH BITUMINOUS. PHOSPHATIC SHALES
Deposit THE DEPOSIT WAS EXPLORED BY THE SISKON CO IN 1960-61, OPEN CUTS WERE MADE AND A NUMBER OF CHURN DRILL HOLES WERE PUT DOWN. THE PROSPECT IS NEARBY THE GIBELLINI MANGANESE PROPERTY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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