Bisoni

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

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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.