The Bisoni-McKay Vandium Property is a vanadium mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Bisoni-McKay Vandium Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bisoni-McKay Vandium Property
Secondary: Jeanette Claims
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Gibellini Or Fish Creek
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BEDS 3 KM LONG
Structure
Type: L
Description: Beding Of Shale And Siltstone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Weathering
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): 1000-2000 M OF BULLDOZER CUTS, ONE SHAFT (EST 7M DEEP), SEVERAL DRILL HOLES NOTED
Comment (Geology): 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
References
Reference (Deposit): OBSERVATION
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.
