Bvl Claims

The Bvl Claims is a silver and copper mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bvl Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2315

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Iron Hat District; Aldrich District; Cherry 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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2315, SELECT SULFIDE AND SULFOSALT VEIN MATTER FROM DUMP OF MAIN SHAFT, CONTAINS 3 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 1 % CA,- 0.1 % TI, 300 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 150 PPM B, +50-00 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 1000 PPM BI, 5 PPM CO, 30 PPM CR, +2000-0 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 15 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 700- PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 7000 PPM ZN, 300 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Chert
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CHERRY CREEK NE (1965) 1:24000

Comment (Geology): MALACHITE AND AZURITE OCCUR ALONG A NORTH-TRENDING FAULT IN CHERT & QUARTZITE

Comment (Development): 2 RECENT (1984?) DRILL HOLES, BULLDOZER WORK

Comment (Deposit): OXIDE COPPER MINERALS AND TETRAHEDRITE OCCUR ALONG AN30W, 80SW VEIN IN LIGHT GREY CHERT. ZONE OF VEIN MATTER AND O-XIDE COPPER MINERALS IS AT LEAST 1 M WIDE AT THE MAIN (NORTHER-N) SHAFT WHERE THE SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED. QUARTZ VEIN MATTER IS- SPOTTY, GENERALLY FINE-GRAINED, RARELY DRUSY. MASSIVE SULFOSA-LTS OCCUR BETWEEN WALLS OF QUARTZ VEIN MATTER, AS OBSERVED IN -DUMP SAMPLES. LIMESTONE IS EXPOSED ABOUT 50 M NORTH OF THE DEE-PER SHAFT, AND ALTERED FELSIC PORPHYRY IS SEEN AS FLOAT BETWEE-N THE TWO SHAFTS.

Comment (Workings): 3 PITS; 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS, BULLDOZER CUTS, 2 RECENT ROTARY DRILL HOLES

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY 3 PITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON M.G. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING CO., NEV., N.B.M. BULL 89

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH-GEOLOGIC SURVEY 1955-1961, V.1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, P.78.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 26 JUL 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985

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.