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Foster Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037633
MRDS ID M035748
Record type Site
Current site name Foster Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.4654, 38.94602 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 18 MI. EAST OF SCHURZ

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pilot Cone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 031E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.4654, 38.94602
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dioritic Rock And Limst. Cut By Aplite Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form ELLIPTICAL IN PLAN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Found Along Contact Between Limst. And Diorite; Most Of It In Diorite

Comments on the geologic information

  • VICINITY OF MINE, DIORITE METAMORPHOSED AND NEAR THE CONTACT WITH LIMST. IT IS SCHISTOSE, WITH PLANES OF SCHISTOSITY STRIKING N 20 W AND DIPPING 45 E. LMST. STRIKES N AND DIPS 75 W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rawhide - Regent ?

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Foster, Steve And Lee
    Home office Schurz, NV

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 77.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSIDERABLE WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE LAST PUBLISHED RECONNISSANCE OF 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REEVES, SHAW, KRAL, 1958 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEV. PART B., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN OLD SHAFT IS REPORTED TO HAVE CUT IRON ORE NEAR THE BOTTOM. SEVERAL SHAFTS, ADITS AND NUMEROUS SURFACE SCRAPINGS DOT THE AREA. SOME COPPER PROSPECTING APPARENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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