The Birds Eye Prospect is a antimony mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Birds Eye Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Birds Eye Prospect
Secondary: Los
Secondary: Bilboa
Secondary: Killburn
Secondary: Snow Creek Belagustus Ranch
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Burns Basin
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Vinente And Thomas Bilboa In 1957
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: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Sulphides
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEE LAWRENCE(1963) P.46
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): SEVERAL BRECCIATED SILICIFIED ZONES CONTAINING VEINS CUT THE LIMESTONE, BARITE IS COMMON BOTH AS FISSURE FILLINGS W/QTZ AND ASSOCIATED W/ANTIMONY MINERALS IN VUGS. TWO AREAS OF MINERALIZATION 600 FT. APART?
Comment (Deposit): OWNED BY VINENTE & THOMAS BILBOA IN 1957. WORK HAS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL PITS & TRENCHES. POSSIBLY BEAR CAT MINE A BONITE PRODUCER IN 1978, MID-SIZED (7 MIN, OPEN PIT) HURWELL CO. (STATE MINE INGS RP. INFO P. 12-1979). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED ZONES CONTAINING QUARTZ VEINS WITH BARITE AS FISSURES FILLINGS AND VUG FILLINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R.M.(1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV. USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE E.F.(1963) ANTIMOHY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 61
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.
