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Unnamed Iron

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043863
MRDS ID M231154
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.92768, 39.58406 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Verdi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 018E 23,24 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metavolcanic rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 6.1M
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Peavine District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPOSURES ARE LENSES AND PODS OF MAGNETITE ABOUT 4 FEET WIDE AND 20 FEET LONG WHICH OCCUR ALONG FAULT ZONES IN METAVOLCANIC ROCK. IRON CONTENT MAY EXCEED 60 PERCENT MOST OCCURRENCES CONTAIN APPRECIABLE AMOUNTS OF COPPER. (SHAWE, REEVES, KRAL, P 124)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAWE, REEVES, KRAL, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULL 53, PART C, 1962

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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