The B. & C. Springs is a molybdenum mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,021 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: 7,021 Feet (2,140 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 38.7806, -117.80170
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B. & C. Springs MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: B. & C. Springs
Secondary: Bc Project
Secondary: Bc Well
Secondary: Uv Industries Molybdenum Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Paradise Peak
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Sharon Steel Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Florida
Info Year: 1982
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1968
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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: Sphalerite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WATER MUST BE OBTAINED FROM WELLS AND 17 KM OF POWER LINES MUST BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE ACCESS ROAD CORRIDOR. THE PRESENT ACCESS ROAD IS INADEQUATE AND MUST BE IMPROVED LABOR IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE MINE SITE AND MUST COMMUTE FROM GABBS, NEVADA. ESTIMATED EMPLOYMENT WOULD BE 125 PEOPLE. SHARON STEEL OWNS 9,009 HA; 6,677 HA ARE HELD BY UNPATENTED CLAIMS; 2,422 HA ARE HELD BY A LEASE OPTION AGREEMENT FROM PALOSKY EXPLORATION INC. THE LEASE OPTION AGREEMENT CALLS FOR A 5 PERCENT ROYALTY PAYMENT ON NET SMELTER RETURNS LESS $244,000 IN ADVANCED ROYALTY PAYMENTS. A 15 PERCENT DILUTION FACTOR WAS USED. FEED TO THE MILL IS 2,198,737 T/YR CONTAINING 1,868,926 T/YR ORE AND 329,811 T/YR DILUTION WASTE (329,811 T/YR/2,198,737 T/YR = .15).
References
Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO). WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; NEVADA MAY BE THE NEXT BIG MOLYBDENUM PRODUCER. V.34, NO.12, 1981, P.77.*
Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA. V. 31, NO. 10, 1978, P. 187.
Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO). U. V. INDUSTRIES DRILLS MOS2 DEPOSIT. V. 31, NO. 8, 1978, P. 69.
Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; DUVAL DISCOVERS SILVER AND GOLD NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN. V. 35, NO. 1, 1982, P. 35.
Reference (Deposit): VITALIANO, C. J., AND E. CALLAGHAN. GEOLOGY OF THE PARADISE PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL SURV. QUAD. MAP GQ-250, 1963, SCALE 1:62,000.
Reference (Deposit): SILBERLING, N. J. PRE-TERTIARY STRATIGRAPHY AND UPPER TRIASSIC PALEONTOLOGY OF THE UNION DISTRICT, SHOSHONE MOUNTAINS, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 322, 1959, 67 PP.
Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING (NY). U.V. DRILLS MOLYBDENUM. V. 31, NO. 5, 1979, P. 488.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V. E. MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 50, 1951, 223 PP.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., AND S. W. MULLER. STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE HAWTHORNE AND TONOPAH QUADRANGLES, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 216, 1949, 55 PP.
Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. EXPLORATION ROUNDUP - U.S.: U. V. INDUSTRIES. V. 180, NO. 2, 1979, P. 184.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., AND D. A. PHOENIX. QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN . 41, V. 38, NO. 5, 1944, 206 PP.
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN METALS MARKET. U. V. ENCOURAGED BY NEW FIND OF MOLYBDENUM AT NEVADA SITE. V. 86, NO. 97, MAY 19, 1978, 7 PP.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA. V. 31, NO. 10, 1978, P. 187.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): WALLACE (ID) MINER. MOLYBDENUM FOUND IN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. JAN 4. 1979, P. 2.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV BULL, V 38, NO 5, PP 140-141
Reference (Reserve-Resource): THEODORE, T. G., AND W. D. MENZIE. FLUORINE - DEFICIENT PORPHYRY MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN THE CORDILLERA OF NORTH AMERICA. PAPER IN PROC. OF THE 6TH QUADRENNIAL I.A.G.O.D. SYMP. (TBLISI, GEORGIAN S.S.R., AUG. 1982), 1984, 673 PP.
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE (ID) MINER. MOLYBDENUM FOUND IN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. JAN 4. 1979, P. 2.
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.
