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Iron Rail Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Silver, Cadmium, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044182
MRDS ID M231544
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Rail Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57454, 38.7091 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393
Relative position 1.1 MILES W-NW OF MT. ARDIVEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ardivey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP & RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Cadmium Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Well Developed Gossan Along The Vein.

Analytical data

Result A SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 70 PPM AG, 20,000 PPM PB, 10,000 PPM ZN, 10,000 PPM CU, 150 PPM CD, 150 PPM SB, 700 PPM AS, 2,000 PPM BA, 2,000 PPM MN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57454, 38.7091
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 74NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Is In An Upthrown Fault Block

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cloverdale District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Merrit, Nate
    Home office Silver Peak, Nevada
    First year 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR SHAFTS AND ONE ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1990 Marcus, Sue U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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