The Bond Gold Bullfrog Mine is a gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 36.8975, -116.81583
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Bond Gold Bullfrog Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bond Gold Bullfrog Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bullfrog (Pioneer, Rhyolite)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bond Gold Corp.
Home Office: P.O. Box 519 Beatty, Nv 89003
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Hydrothermal Stockwork
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1989
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bullfrog Detachment Fault.
Type: L
Description: Listric Normal Fault In The Upper Plate Of The Bullfrog Detachment Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: See Comments
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 11.000000+-1.000000
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VERY LOW BASE METAL CONTENTS. AG:AU RATIO APPROX. 1:1 IN UPPER PORTION, INCREASING TO 2:1 WITH DEPTH.
Materials
Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): WELDED RHYOLITIC TUFFS OF TIMBER MTN CALDERA HOST ORE.
Comment (Development): A "BLIND" DISCOVERY USING AN EXPLORATION MODEL BASED ON THE ORE CONTROLS AT THE NEARBY MONTGOMERY-SHOSHONE MINE. THIS MODEL REQUIRED BRITTLE-DEFORMING ROCKS TO PROVIDE OPEN SPACES FOR GOLD DEPOSITION FROM HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS THAT MIGRATED UP ALONG LISTRIC NORMAL FAULTS FROM THE DETACHMENT FAULT. BOND GOLD BULLFROG WAS 99% TALUS COVERED. ONLY TWO SMALL OUTCROPS OF STOCKWORK VEINING WERE FOUND AFTER DISCOVERY. THE DISCOVERY DRILL HOLE WAS THE THIRTEENTH HOLE IN THE AREA. THE ONLY GEOCHEMICAL CLUE AT SURFACE TO THE EXISTENCE OF THE OREBODY WAS A DUMP SAMPLE FROM A 20 FT. DEEP PROSPECT PIT. THIS SAMPLE ASSAYED 190 PPB GOLD. THE PROSPECT PIT MISSED THE ORE ZONE BY 35 FT.
Comment (Location): DO NOT CONFUSE BOND GOLD BULLFROG MINE WITH THE ORIGINAL BULLFROG MINE WHICH LIES 4 MILES WNW (RECORD #M231920).
Comment (Commodity): AU OCCURS AS MICRON SIZE FREE GRAINS IN QUARTZ-CALCITE-ADULARIA VEINS AND QUARTZ STOCKWORKS. COMMON FLUORITE AND BARITE. TRACE CHALCOPYRITE, TETRAHEDRITE, SPHALERITE, GALENA.
References
Reference (Deposit): NOBLE, D.C., ET AL, 1991, MAGMATIC AND HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY, CALDERA GEOLOGY, AND REGIONAL EXTENSION IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA VOLCANIC FIELD IN GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 913-934.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1990, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990.
Reference (Deposit): JORGENSEN, D.K., ET AL, 1990, GEOLOGY, ALTERATION, AND MINERALOGY OF BOND GOLD'S BULLFROG DEPOSIT, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS PREPRINT NUMBER 89-135.
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.
