Gibellini

Prospect in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000879
MRDS ID ISM0777
Record type District
Current site name Gibellini
Alternate or previous names Bisoni
Related records 10159775

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.1009, 39.19993 (WGS84)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.1009, 39.19993

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1960

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NORANDA EXPLORATION, INC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DESBOROUGH, G.A., POOLE, F.G., HOSE, R.K., RADTKE, A.S., 1979, METALS IN DEVONIAN KEROGENOUS MARINE STRATA AT GIBELLINI AND BISONI PROPERTIES IN SOUTHERN FISH CREEK RANGE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-530, 31 P.

  • Deposit

    DESBOROUGH, G.A. AND POOLE, F.G., 1983, METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN SOME MARINE BLACK SHALES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN: SHANKS, W.C., CAMERON, VOLUME ON UNCONVENTIONAL MINERAL DEPOSITS: AIME, NEW YORK, P. 99-110.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, P.T. AND POTTER, G.M., 1974. RECOVERING VANADIUM FROM DOLOMITIC NEVADA SHALE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 7932, 20 P.

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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