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Bisoni-McKay Vandium Property

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Vanadium
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045877
MRDS ID M233738
Record type Site
Current site name Bisoni-McKay Vandium Property
Alternate or previous names Jeanette Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.14784, 39.08437 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowball Ranch(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 052E 17;18;19 W2 (17); SW4 OF SE4 (18); W2 (19) Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.14784, 39.08437
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beding Of Shale And Siltstone

Ore body information

  • General form BEDS 3 KM LONG

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHALE UNIT IS LIGHT BROWN TD CREAM COLORED WHERE WEATERED (MOST EXPOSED) BUT VERY DARK WERE NOT, EXPLORATION IS 100-200M WIDE PREDOMINATLY IN SHALE AND SILTSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gibellini Or Fish Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • 1000-2000 M OF BULLDOZER CUTS, ONE SHAFT (EST 7M DEEP), SEVERAL DRILL HOLES NOTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Martin, Paul (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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