Southeast Section 29

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042624
MRDS ID M060476
Record type Site
Current site name Southeast Section 29
Related records 10272205

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18041, 40.08573 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position ABOUT 1/2 MI. SE OF THOMAS MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buena Vista Hills North(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

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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 034E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROXIMATE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BUFFALO MOUNTAIN (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite 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 > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18041, 40.08573

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • TABULAR MAGNETITE BODIES, WITH MINOR HEMATITE, DISTRIBUTED IN VEINS OVER A 1200 BY 600 FOOT AREA. A MAGNETIC ANOMALY ABOUT 500 FEET LONG AND 250 FEET WIDE WAS FOUND IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Basin District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 25,000 TONS (INCLUDED WITH THOMAS & SECTION 29 MINES

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS AND TREDTRES, ALL WORK WITHIN 30 FT OF THE SURFACE

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG-BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 18 JUL 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Production

    JOHNSON, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TABULAR MAGNETITE BODIES, WITH MINOR HEMATITE, DISTRIBUTED IN VEINS OVER A 1200 BY 600 FT AREA. A MAGNETIC ANOMALY ABOUT 500 FT. LONG AND 250 FT WIDE WAS FOUND IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
Deposit DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF OPEN PIT AND TRENCHES, ALL WORK WITHIN 30 FEET OF THE SURFACE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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