Mine detail: Gibellini

Previously called 'Bisoni'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.19993, -116.1009

Resource(M)

Primary: Vanadium
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: SYNGENETIC SEDIMENT-HOSTED (CARBON-RICH)
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MRDSISM0777
DEP60000879
Reference{Deposit:: DESBOROUGH, G.A., POOLE, F.G., HOSE, R.K., RADTKE, A.S., 1979, METALS IN DEVONIAN KEROGENOUS MARINE STRATA AT GIBELLINI AND BISONI PROPERTIES IN SOUTHERN FISH CREEK RANGE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-530, 31 P.}{Deposit:: DESBOROUGH, G.A. AND POOLE, F.G., 1983, METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN SOME MARINE BLACK SHALES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN: SHANKS, W.C., CAMERON, VOLUME ON UNCONVENTIONAL MINERAL DEPOSITS: AIME, NEW YORK, P. 99-110.}{Deposit:: BROOKS, P.T. AND POTTER, G.M., 1974. RECOVERING VANADIUM FROM DOLOMITIC NEVADA SHALE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 7932, 20 P.}