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Ridge 7129

Prospect in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Oil Shale, Selenium, Vanadium, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125378
MAS/MILS ID 0320110222
Record type Site
Current site name Ridge 7129
Alternate or previous names Gibellini, Bisoni Properties

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.0937, 39.20823 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
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

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 015 N 052 E 03 NENE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GENERAL LOCATION ABOUT 37 KM SW OF EUREKA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Oil Shale Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.0937, 39.20823
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60M
    Length 600M
    Width 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 850826

Comments on the geologic information

  • ASSAY RESULTS: UNOXIDIZED ROCK OXIDIZED ROCK V=3000-7000(PPM) UNOXIDIZED RX& 6000-8000(PPM) OXIDIZED ROCK ZN=4000-18000 PPM UNOXIDIZED RX & 30-100 PPM OXIDIZED RX. SE= 30-200 PPM UNOXIDIZED RX & 200-400 PPM OXIDIZED RX. MO= 70-960 PPM UNOXIDIZED RX & 30-80 PPM OXIDIZED RX. FRESH BLACK ROCK YIELDED AS MUCH AS 12 GAL/TON (SOL/MT) SYNCRUDE OIL (NEVADA DIR. BIB. REF. #112).
  • THE AREA HAS BEEN THRUST-FAULTED:THIS HAS RESULTED IN DEFORMATION OF THE ORE-BEARING BEDS AND THE IRREGULAR SHAPE OF THE ORE BODY. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY MEDIUM.
  • VANADIUM, SELENIUM, AND SOMETIMES MOLYBDENUM OCCUR IN ORGANIC MATERIAL IN FRESH BLACK ROCKS. OTHER MINERALS PRESENT ARE METAHEUCTTITE AND KEROGEN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maynard And Lester Bisoni
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Norando Exploration Inc., Lakewood, Colorado
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1979

Comments on the production information

  • YEAR OF DISCOVERY UNKNOWN. DISCOVERY METHOD; DRILLING AND TRENCHING. NO PRODUCTION-NO MILL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNOXIDIZED ROCKS OXIDIZED ROCKS V 3000-7000 PPM 6000-8000 PPM ZN 4000-18000 PPM 30-100 PPM SE 30-200 PPM 200-400 PPM MO 70-960 PPM 30-80 PPM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    112. DESBOROUGH, G. A., F. G. POOLE, R. K. HOSE, AND A. S.

  • Deposit

    RADTKE. METALS IN DEVONIAN KEROGENOUS MARINE STRATA AT

  • Deposit

    GIBELLINI AND BISONI PROPERTIES IN SOUTHERN FISH CREEK

  • Deposit

    RANGE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOLGICAL SURVEY OPEN

  • Deposit

    FILE REPORT 79-530, 1979, 31 PP.

  • Deposit

    333. JONES, R. B. LEAD DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MAP 78, 1983,

  • Deposit

    SCALE 1:1,000,000.

  • 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 Koehler U.S. Bureau of Mines

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