The Bi-Metallic No. 3 Prospect is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.11361, -117.24833
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Bi-Metallic No. 3 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bi-Metallic No. 3 Prospect
Secondary: Tiger Workings
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
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: Linka, S. H.
Home Office: Austin
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: 2 M Wide Thrust Fault Strikes N50w,Dips 35sw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE PILE ASSAYED 24.2 % PB, 7.8 OZ/T AG,0.10 OZ/T AU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 40 - FT INCLINE SHAFT AND A CAVED 300 FT ADIT. AS WELL AS RECENT SHALLOW (?) DRILLHOLES AND RECENT CLAIM STAKES.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ-PYRITE STRINGERS PERSIST FOR 15 FT S OF THE FRACTURE AND ARE DISSEMINATED IN THE CRUSHED ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 210.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE,L.J., AUG. 1981 FIELD EXAMINATION.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 594, P.124.
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.
