| Deposit ID | 10044854 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232470 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hancock |
| Alternate or previous names | Mickey |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.20538, 40.29657 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
McCoy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Reese(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 028N | 042E | 13,11 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Osobb Formation |
| Rock description | Osobb Formation |
| (1) | -117.20538, 40.29657 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | The Deposit Is At The Base Of The Osobb Near The Contact With The Underlying Cane Spring Limestone. A. Diorite Stock Intrudes And Has Locally Pyrometasomatized The Cane Spring About One Mile To The North. |
| General form | STRATABOUND |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mccoy |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232470 |
STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88
USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 69, REFERENCE NO 3201500201
MCKEE E.H. & STEWART J. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MCCOY QUADRANGLE, USGS OPEN-FILE MAP
STAGER, H.K., 1977.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IRON ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR MASSES AND BANDS REPLACING DOLOMITE BEDS IN THE OSOBB FORMATION |
| Deposit | TOTAL PRODUCTION IS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 20,000 LONG TONS AVERAGING 60% FE. THE ORE BODY STRIKES NW AND DIPS GENTLY SW IN THICK BEDDED DOLOMITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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