The Bisoni is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 39.42, -116.08810
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Bisoni MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bisoni
Secondary: Bisoni Fluorite
Secondary: Fish Creek
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Limestone, General
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Maynard And Lester Bisoni
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1960
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Geology): FLUORITE OCCURS IN THE EUREKA QUARTZITE AS BRECCIA FILL
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCE CALCULATION IS BASED ON DATA FROM 15 DRILL HOLES DRILLED BY ASARCO SILICON,CALCIUM,IRON AND ZINC ANALYSIS IN MATRIX IS BASED ON COMPOSIT SAMPLES FROM SIX HOLES DRILLED BY U.S. BORAX. DATA WAS FURNISHED BY ASARCO
References
Reference (Deposit): 545. PAPKE, K. FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND
Reference (Deposit): IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 1, 1961, 31 PP.
Reference (Deposit): PP.
Reference (Deposit): 281. HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA, 1959-62, BUMINES IC 8158, 1963, 19
Reference (Deposit): 275. HOLMES, G. H., JR. BERYLLIUM INVESTIGATIONS IN
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MORRISON,BERT C.,1976,DRILL DATA AND MAPS,UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 64, 1967, 152 PP.
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. BULL. 13, 1979, 77 PP.
Reference (Deposit): 593. ROBERTS, R. J., K. M. MONTGOMERY, AND R. E. LEHNER.
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.
