Mine detail: Gibellini Manganese Mine

Previously called 'Niganz Manganese-Nickel DepositBlack Iron'

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.20826, -116.09034
dep_id: 10044699
mrds_id: M232265
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Trace mineral: Nickel, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Cobalt, Vanadium, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Molybdenite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Sphalerite
gangue: Chalcedony, Marcasite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone Cutting Limestone
Reporter: Coury, Anny B., Kirkham, Richard A., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Nevada Formation;Woodruff Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Northwest, Northeast And East Trending Faults
tectonic: Basin And Range
disc_yr: 1942
discr: L.P. Gibellini
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., MONTGOMERY, K.M., AND LEHNER, R.E., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 64, P. 85-86.
  • Deposit:: BINYON, E.O., 1948, GIBELLINE MANGANESE-ZINC-NICKEL DEPOSITS, EUREKA COUNTY, NEV.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4162, 9 P.
  • Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1223, P. 48.
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (MILLETT) MILS NO. 40, REFERENCE NO. 320110006, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 40.015.
  • Deposit:: LECHLER, P.J., AND HSU, L.C., 1988, REVIEW OF HYDROTHERMAL PLATINUM-GROUP METAL DEPOSITS WITH NEW DATA FROM NEVADA: PREPRINT FOR 1988 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS MEETING, 7 P.
  • Deposit:: LECHLER, P.J., HSU, L.C., AND HUDSON, D.M., 1988, ANOMALOUS PLATINUM ASSOCIATED WITH HYDROTHERMAL MANGANESE MINERALIZATION AT THE GIBELLINI MINE, FISH CREEK RANGE, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-4, 7 P.
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