Bi-Metallic Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony, Copper, Manganese, Bismuth, Cadmium, Gold, Molybdenum, REE
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044433
MRDS ID M231851
Record type Site
Current site name Bi-Metallic Group
Alternate or previous names St. Louis, Richmond, Henry George Claims, Mcintyre Mine, Incline Group, Morningstar Property.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23232, 39.10325 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position IN SAN JUAN CANYON, 1.6 MILES W-SW OF TOIYABE RANGE PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millett Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 014N 042E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ST.LOUIS AND RICHMOND CLAIMS ARE FARTHEST UPSTREAM ON NORTH SIDE OF CREEK, AND HENRY GEORGE IS ON SOUTH SIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Limonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) All Ore Occurrences Are Partly Oxidized.

Analytical data

Result THE VEIN ASSAYED 28 % PB, 19 % ZN, 10.1 OZ AG PER TON. A GRAB SAMPLE IN 1980 OF ORE MATERIAL FROM THE DUMPS CONTAIN (IN PPM): 1000 AG, 0.6 AU, 20000 PB, 10000 ZN, 7000 AS, 1000 SB, 2000 CU, 700 BI, 500 CD, 300 MO, 3000 MN, 70 LA.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23232, 39.10325

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BANDED
    Strike TWO VEINS: ONE N-S, OTHER N15-30E ; 100 M APART.
    Dip TWO VEINS: ONE 90 , OTHER 90
    Length 609.6M
    Width 2.74M
  • General form BANDED
    Dip TWO VEINS: ONE 90 , OTHER 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Brecciated In 1-2 M Wide Fault Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robinson, Larry And Cazies, James B.
    Home office Ely, Nv
    First year 1963

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Period 1948
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average 15.4 % Pb, 11.2 % Zn, 17.5 Oz Ag, 2 % As
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Arsenic Arsenic 2wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 494g/mt
    Ore Zinc Zinc 11wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 15wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • THE BIMETALLIC WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 400 FT. ADIT, A180-FT ADIT WITH A WINZE, AN OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 209-210.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 594, P.124-125.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE,L.J.,AUG 10,1981 FIELD EXAMINATION.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 210.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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