Bi-Metallic Group

The Bi-Metallic Group is a silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,501 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bi-Metallic Group
Secondary: St. Louis, Richmond, Henry George Claims
Secondary: Mcintyre Mine
Secondary: Incline Group
Secondary: Morningstar Property.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: REE

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Washington District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Robinson, Larry And Cazies, James B.
Home Office: Ely, Nv
Years: 1963 -

Production

Year: 1948
Time Period: 1948
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average 15.4 % Pb, 11.2 % Zn, 17.5 Oz Ag, 2 % As

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toiyabe Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: BANDED

Form: BANDED

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: All Ore Occurrences Are Partly Oxidized.

Rocks

Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 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.

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): THE BIMETALLIC WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 400 FT. ADIT, A180-FT ADIT WITH A WINZE, AN OPEN CUT.

Comment (Location): ST.LOUIS AND RICHMOND CLAIMS ARE FARTHEST UPSTREAM ON NORTH SIDE OF CREEK, AND HENRY GEORGE IS ON SOUTH SIDE.

References

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

Reference (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.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 594, P.124-125.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE,L.J.,AUG 10,1981 FIELD EXAMINATION.

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 210.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.