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Gibellini Mine

Prospect in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Calcium, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, 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. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197878
MRDS ID W000698
MAS/MILS ID 0320110006
Record type Site
Current site name Gibellini Mine
Alternate or previous names Gibellini Mn-Ni Deposit, Niganz Manganese-Nickel Deposit, Black Iron

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.0906, 39.20823 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
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 016 N 052 E 35 SESWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.0906, 39.20823
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 30W
    Thickness 20M
    Length 50M
    Width 30M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #3 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N70E:30W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 8
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MN RICH MATERIAL HA EQUAL AMOUNTS OF PYROLUSITE AND PSILOMELANE;IT ALSO HAS APPRECIABLE ZN,NI AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF CO, CU, VA AND MOLYBDENUM. ASSAYS SHOW: MN 18.5%, FE 3%, NI 1.7%, CO 0.3%, ZN 3.2%, CU 0.12%, MO 0.11%, V2O5 0.88%, BA 3.7%, CAO 2.3%, S 0.2%, INSOLUBLES 41.2%, AL2O3 6.0%

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mining district

District name Fish Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Louis Gibellini
    Interest 100
    Home office Various States
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Hogle Brothers
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1955

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Measured 20000mt ore
    Indicated 20000mt ore
    Demonstrated 40000mt ore
    Inferred 20000mt ore
    Total resources 60000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.1 wt-pct Copper Trace 0
    Vanadium V 0.9 wt-pct Vanadium Trace 0
    Nickel Ni 1.7 wt-pct Nickel Trace 0
    Iron FeO 3 wt-pct Iron Trace 0
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 3.7 wt-pct Barium Trace 0
    Molybdenum Mo 0.1 wt-pct Molybdenum Trace 0
    Manganese Mn 18.5 wt-pct Manganese Trace 0
    Zinc Zn 3.2 wt-pct Zinc Trace 0
    Cobalt Co 0.2999 wt-pct Cobalt Trace 0
    Calcium CaO 2 wt-pct Calcium Trace 0

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 4162, 1948, 9 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5446, 1959, P. 14-16.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 64, 1967, P. 85-86.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESERVE DATA FROM DMEA EXAMINATION REPORT IN MAS FILE GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 27 KM S OF EUREKA. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: SMALL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-APR-95 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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