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Bisoni

Prospect in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Silica, Limestone, General, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125493
MAS/MILS ID 0320110195
Record type Site
Current site name Bisoni
Alternate or previous names Bisoni Fluorite, Fish Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.089, 39.41993 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spring Valley Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor 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 018 N 052 E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Limestone, General Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.089, 39.41993
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 05S
    Thickness 98M
    Length 1200M
    Width 790M
    Depth to top 34M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N45W:05S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 850828
  • Area 120HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 120
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLUORITE OCCURS IN THE EUREKA QUARTZITE AS BRECCIA FILL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1960

Mining district

District name Fish Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maynard And Lester Bisoni
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE CALCULATION IS BASED ON DATA FROM 15 DRILL HOLES DRILLED BY ASARCO SILICON,CALCIUM,IRON AND ZINC ANALYSIS IN MATRIX IS BASED ON COMPOSIT SAMPLES FROM SIX HOLES DRILLED BY U.S. BORAX. DATA WAS FURNISHED BY ASARCO

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 227HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .74
    Percent Waste Rock 61
    Primary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Secondary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 11550
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 222
    Unit Production Cost 2.94
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MORRISON,BERT C.,1976,DRILL DATA AND MAPS,UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    275. HOLMES, G. H., JR. BERYLLIUM INVESTIGATIONS IN

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA, 1959-62, BUMINES IC 8158, 1963, 19

  • Deposit

    PP.

  • Deposit

    281. HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES

  • Deposit

    IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 1, 1961, 31 PP.

  • Deposit

    545. PAPKE, K. FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOL. BULL. 13, 1979, 77 PP.

  • Deposit

    593. ROBERTS, R. J., K. M. MONTGOMERY, AND R. E. LEHNER.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 64, 1967, 152 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-88 Overbay, D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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