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Bessemer Mine

Past Producer in Carson City 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043768
MRDS ID M231048
Record type Site
Current site name Bessemer Mine
Alternate or previous names Brunswick Canyon, Iron King Nbmg # 3712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.64572, 39.13073 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Empire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(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 Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 021E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.64572, 39.13073
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike SE
    Dip 60 DEGREES NE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Intersection

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN HAS BEEN LEFT IN PLACE BOUNDED BY QUARTZITE BRECCIA. A SAMPLE WAS TAKEN OF THE MASSIVE VEIN AND PORTIONS OF THE BRECCIA. THE MAIN VEIN IS MASSIVE MAGNETITE,BUT WITH CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SILICA ALONG THE BOUNDARY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Delaware

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TRIAL SHIPMENTS MADE IN 1907; ORE SHIPMENTS MADE IN 1919-20, 1944; CONTINENTAL NEVADA IRON MINING CO HAD PROPERTY IN 1953 & SHIPPED LESS THAN 1000 TONS OF ORE (PART OF THIS WAS REJECTED BECAUSE OF LOW IRON-HIGH SILICA CONTENT). ORE OCCURS AT A BEND IN A SE TRENDING FAULT ZONE AT ITS JUNCTION WITH A BRANCH FAULT THAT TRENDS EAST. ORE IS IN THE FORM OF A LENTICULAR CHIMNEY 10' X 60', THAT RAKES STEEPLY NORTH. OPEN PITS AND PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • SHIPMENTS IN 1907,1919-20, 1944 AND 1953. ; ECON.COM: SHIPPED LESS THAN 1000 TONS IN 1953.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REEVES, RG, KRAL, VE, "& SHAWE, FR" IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST CENTRAL NEVADA, NEV B OF MINES & GEOL, BULL 53-B, 1958

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, TD, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY & WASHOE CO, NBMG BULL 46, 1947

  • Deposit

    MOORE, JG, GEOL & MIN DEP OF LYON, DOUGLAS & ORMSBY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 75, 1969

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, EC GEOL MAP, NEW EMPIRE QUAD, NBMG MAP 59, 1977

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5 -24-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JACK QUADE STATED " MY BRUNTON WOULDN'T WORK- TOO MUCH MAGNETITE !"!!!!!!!!!!! ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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