Gibellini Vanadium

The Gibellini Vanadium is a mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 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

Name: Gibellini Vanadium  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.20944, -116.09556

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Gibellini Vanadium MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gibellini Vanadium
Secondary: Bisoni and Bisoni-McKay


Commodity

Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Selenium


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Siskon Co
Years: 1960 - 1961


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1960
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: STRATABOUND


Structure

Type: R
Description: Roberts Mtn Thrust


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Black Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Metahewettite
Ore: Wavellite


Comments

Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER ISM0777 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Comment (Development): EXPLORED BY THE SISKON CO. IN 1960-1961, WHO MADE OPEN-CUTS AND CHURN-DRILL HOLES.

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500 M

Comment (Geology): THE VANADIUM DEPOSITS ARE IN HIGHLY SHEARED AND CONTORTED BLACK SHALES INTERLAYERED WITH CHERT, CALCAREOUS SHALE AND LIMESTONE. THESE ROCKS ARE WESTERN ASSEMBLAGE AND IN THE UPPER PLATE OF THE ROBERTS MTN THRUST. THE VANADIUM MINERALS ARE WITH BITUMINOUOUS PHOSPHATIC SHALES.

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT WAS EXPLORED BY THE SISKON CO IN 1960-61, OPEN CUTS WERE MADE AND A NUMBER OF CHURN DRILL HOLES WERE PUT DOWN. THE PROSPECT IS NEARBY THE GIBELLINI MANGANESE PROPERTY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): VANADIUM DEPOSITS IN SHEARED, CONTORTED, BLACK SHALES. VANADIUM MINERALS ARE WITH BITUMINOUS. PHOSPHATIC SHALES

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS AND CHURN DRILL HOLES


References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO NEV, N.B. OF M. BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 40, REF. NO. 3201100038, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 76.002


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.