The Bisoni Flurspar Deposit is a mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.42, -116.08806
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Bisoni Flurspar Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bisoni Flurspar Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Fish Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Bisoni Brothers
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1959
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W veins
Orebody
Form: TABULOAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Numerous Thrust Plates And High Angle Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FOR METALLURGICAL RESULTS SEE HOLMES (1963) P. 13
Materials
Gangue: Scheelite
Unknown: Beryl
Comments
Comment (Development): SEVERAL COMPANIES INCLUDING UNION CARBIDE, U.S.B OR AX, BETHEHEM STEEL AND ASARCO, HAVE EXPLORED THE PROPERTY. EXTENSIVE DRILLING & TRENCHING WAS DONE WITH AT LEAST 108 HOLES PUT DOWN.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, AND ALONG QUARTZITE-CARBONATE CONTACT, AND AS DISSEMINATION. QUARTZ VEINS CONTAIN FLUORITE, BERYL AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF SPHALERITE, MOLYBDENITE, SCHEELITE
Comment (Workings): DRILLING AND TRENCHING WITH AT LEAST 108 HOLES PUT DOWN
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY WAS CLAIMED IN 1959 BY MAYNARD AND LESTER BISONI. SEVERAL COMPANIES INCLUDING UNION CARBIDE, U.S. BORAX, BETHELEM STEEL, AND ASARCO HAVE EXPLORED THE PROPERTY. EXTENSIVE DRILLING & TRENCHING HAS BEEN DONE WITH AT LEAST 108 HOLES PUT DOWN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100 M
Comment (Geology): THE PROPERTY IS UNDERLAIN BY THE POGONIP ANTELOPE VALLEY LIMESTONE, THE EUREKA QUARTZITE, AND THE HANSEN CREEK DOLOMITE. ALL THREE ORDORICIAN UNITS ARE MINERALIZED AND THE AREA IS CUT BY NUMEROUS HIGH ANGLE FAULTS AND HAS BEEN OVERTHRUST FROM THE WEST. THE FLUORITE & BERYL GENERALLY OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS WITH SERICITE, HOWEVER ORE ALSO OCCURS AT THE QUARTZITE-CARBONATE CONTACT AND AS DISSEMINATIONS. (PAPKE, 1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO NEV, N.B. OF M. BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 71, REFERENCE NO. 3201100195
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES G.H. (1963) BERYLLIUM INVENTORY OF CALIF. & NEV. USGM 1.C.8158
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G. (1979) FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL 93
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.
