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B. & C. Springs

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174039
MAS/MILS ID 0320230678
Record type Site
Current site name B. & C. Springs
Alternate or previous names Bc Project, Bc Well, Uv Industries Molybdenum Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.80264, 38.78052 (WGS84)
Elevation 2140
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 011 N 037 E 34 NENWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.80264, 38.78052
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 05E
    Thickness 51M
    Length 1195M
    Width 465M
    Depth to top 172M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N15E:05E
    Minimum Depth to Top 20
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 41
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 20
    Date of Last Modification 830421
  • Area 578HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 578
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1968

Mining district

District name Paradise Peak

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sharon Steel Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1982

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Indicated 25401000mt ore
    Demonstrated 25401000mt ore
    Total resources 25401000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.15 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 130999999mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.12 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1983

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 143HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .74
    Percent Waste Rock 84.3
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 41
    Primary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 95
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 6282
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 8964
    Unit Production Cost 7.24
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THEODORE, T. G., AND W. D. MENZIE. FLUORINE - DEFICIENT PORPHYRY MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN THE CORDILLERA OF NORTH AMERICA. PAPER IN PROC. OF THE 6TH QUADRENNIAL I.A.G.O.D. SYMP. (TBLISI, GEORGIAN S.S.R., AUG. 1982), 1984, 673 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV BULL, V 38, NO 5, PP 140-141

  • Reserve-Resource

    WALLACE (ID) MINER. MOLYBDENUM FOUND IN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. JAN 4. 1979, P. 2.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA. V. 31, NO. 10, 1978, P. 187.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METALS MARKET. U. V. ENCOURAGED BY NEW FIND OF MOLYBDENUM AT NEVADA SITE. V. 86, NO. 97, MAY 19, 1978, 7 PP.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., AND D. A. PHOENIX. QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN . 41, V. 38, NO. 5, 1944, 206 PP.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. EXPLORATION ROUNDUP - U.S.: U. V. INDUSTRIES. V. 180, NO. 2, 1979, P. 184.

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H. G., AND S. W. MULLER. STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE HAWTHORNE AND TONOPAH QUADRANGLES, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 216, 1949, 55 PP.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V. E. MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 50, 1951, 223 PP.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING (NY). U.V. DRILLS MOLYBDENUM. V. 31, NO. 5, 1979, P. 488.

  • Deposit

    SILBERLING, N. J. PRE-TERTIARY STRATIGRAPHY AND UPPER TRIASSIC PALEONTOLOGY OF THE UNION DISTRICT, SHOSHONE MOUNTAINS, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 322, 1959, 67 PP.

  • Deposit

    VITALIANO, C. J., AND E. CALLAGHAN. GEOLOGY OF THE PARADISE PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL SURV. QUAD. MAP GQ-250, 1963, SCALE 1:62,000.

  • Deposit

    WALLACE (ID) MINER. MOLYBDENUM FOUND IN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. JAN 4. 1979, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO). U. V. INDUSTRIES DRILLS MOS2 DEPOSIT. V. 31, NO. 8, 1978, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA. V. 31, NO. 10, 1978, P. 187.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO). WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; NEVADA MAY BE THE NEXT BIG MOLYBDENUM PRODUCER. V.34, NO.12, 1981, P.77.*

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; DUVAL DISCOVERS SILVER AND GOLD NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN. V. 35, NO. 1, 1982, P. 35.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WATER MUST BE OBTAINED FROM WELLS AND 17 KM OF POWER LINES MUST BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE ACCESS ROAD CORRIDOR. THE PRESENT ACCESS ROAD IS INADEQUATE AND MUST BE IMPROVED LABOR IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE MINE SITE AND MUST COMMUTE FROM GABBS, NEVADA. ESTIMATED EMPLOYMENT WOULD BE 125 PEOPLE. SHARON STEEL OWNS 9,009 HA; 6,677 HA ARE HELD BY UNPATENTED CLAIMS; 2,422 HA ARE HELD BY A LEASE OPTION AGREEMENT FROM PALOSKY EXPLORATION INC. THE LEASE OPTION AGREEMENT CALLS FOR A 5 PERCENT ROYALTY PAYMENT ON NET SMELTER RETURNS LESS $244,000 IN ADVANCED ROYALTY PAYMENTS. A 15 PERCENT DILUTION FACTOR WAS USED. FEED TO THE MILL IS 2,198,737 T/YR CONTAINING 1,868,926 T/YR ORE AND 329,811 T/YR DILUTION WASTE (329,811 T/YR/2,198,737 T/YR = .15).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-95 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 10-AUG-11 Causey, J Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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