| Deposit ID | 10042599 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060441 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Piute Prospect Sec 24 |
| Related records | 10222703 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.33736, 40.01712 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1219 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Wildhorse Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)
Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 025N | 032E | 24 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Result | 32.17% TOTAL FE, 31% MAGNETIC FE, 0.14% P, 0.11% |
|---|
| Model code | 62 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18d |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Fe |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | Gabbro complex, anorthosite, and albitite |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| District name | Wild Horse District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060441 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.
MOORE, 1971, CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON RESOURCES AND ORE MARKETS; USBM IC 8511, P. 163-165.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-61; V.1, SOUTHERN PACIC COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO, P.19.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MINERALIZED HORIZON IN THE PIUTE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCKS. THIS IS OVERLAIN BY TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS AND SANDY ALLUVIUM. THE HOST ROCK DOES NOT CROP OUT NEAR THE PROPERTY. HOLE WAS DRILLED IN CENTER OF AN ANOMALY AND CUT THROUGH MUCH BRECCIATED ROCK. MAGNETITE OCCURS AS SOLID MASSIVE REPLACEMENTS AND AS IRREGULAR STRINGERS, BLEBS, AND DISSEMINATED GRAINS. |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT WAS FOUND IN 1952 AS A RESULT OF DIP-NEEDLE PROSPECTING. THE AREA WAS SURVEYED WITH MAGNETOMETER SHOWING TWO LARGE ANOMALIES WHERE 2 DRILL HOLES WERE DUG (PIUTE SEC 24 AND PIUTE SEC. 26) BOTH THROUGH THE SAME DEPOSIT. ORE BODY CANNOT BE ONOMICALLY MINED BY OPEN-PIT METHODS. SELECTIVE UNDERGROUND MINING WOULD ALLOW PRODUCTION OF ONE TON OF PELLETS FROM MINING ABOUT 2 TONS OF ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Johnson, Maureen G. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1987 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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