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Gibellini Manganese Mine

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Nickel, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Cobalt, Vanadium, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10044699
MRDS ID M232265
Record type Site
Current site name Gibellini Manganese Mine
Alternate or previous names Niganz Manganese-Nickel Deposit, Black Iron

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.09034, 39.20826 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 27.5 MI SOUTH OF EUREKA, Within 500 M, Within 500 M

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 016N 052E 35 S2 OF SW4 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR PPROSPECT SYMBOLS ON BORDER BETWEEN SECTIONS 35 AND 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SECONDARY ZN AND NI MINERALS ARE PROBABLY PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result REPRESENTATIVE MATERIAL: 18.5% MN, 3.0% FE, 1.7% NI, 0.3% CO, 3.2% ZN, 0.12% CU, 0.11% MO, 0.88% V2O5, 3.7% BA, 2.3% CAO, 6.0% AL2O3 (BINYON, 1948). AVERAGE GRADE 9.5% MN, 2.8% ZN, 1.22% NI (ROBERTS AND OTHERS, 1967). PD:PT=1:10. ANALYSES OF 9 SAMPLES: <10-626 PPB PT, 5-45 PPB PD, <10-37 PPB RH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Nevada Formation;Woodruff Formation
    Rock description Nevada Formation;Woodruff Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.09034, 39.20826
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest, Northeast And East Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike NE
    Dip 28-45NW
    Length 36.58M
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone Cutting Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE METALS ARE PRESENT AS IMPURITIES IN THE MANGANESE OXIDES. THE OREBODY IS ON THE FOOTWALL OF A NORTHEAST STRIKING FAULT WHICH DIPS 45 NW. THE KEROGENOUS MUDSTONES OF THE WOODRUFF FORMATION, WHICH CONTAIN UP TO 30 PPB PT AS WELL AS OTHER METALS, MAY BE A POTENTIAL SOURCE ROCK FOR THE GIBELLINI MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer L.P. Gibellini

Mining district

District name Fish Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 53.64M
    Overall depth 11.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT, PITS, TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • 13 UNPATENTED LODE CALIMS. SEVERAL SHIPMENTS MADE FOR TESTS BUT NO PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED. THE USBM EXPLORED PROPERTY AND DRILLED 6 HOLES IN 1946.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., MONTGOMERY, K.M., AND LEHNER, R.E., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 64, P. 85-86.

  • Deposit

    BINYON, E.O., 1948, GIBELLINE MANGANESE-ZINC-NICKEL DEPOSITS, EUREKA COUNTY, NEV.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4162, 9 P.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1223, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (MILLETT) MILS NO. 40, REFERENCE NO. 320110006, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 40.015.

  • Deposit

    LECHLER, P.J., AND HSU, L.C., 1988, REVIEW OF HYDROTHERMAL PLATINUM-GROUP METAL DEPOSITS WITH NEW DATA FROM NEVADA: PREPRINT FOR 1988 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS MEETING, 7 P.

  • Deposit

    LECHLER, P.J., HSU, L.C., AND HUDSON, D.M., 1988, ANOMALOUS PLATINUM ASSOCIATED WITH HYDROTHERMAL MANGANESE MINERALIZATION AT THE GIBELLINI MINE, FISH CREEK RANGE, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-4, 7 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: PGE-ENRICHED BLACK SHALE.
Deposit RECORD W000698 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-72 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-80 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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