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Owens Iron Deposit

Occurrence in Lyon 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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044904
MRDS ID M232534
Record type Site
Current site name Owens Iron Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.02097, 38.66713 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MI S OF YERINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 09N 026E 01 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.02097, 38.66713
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS THAT ATTAIN A WIDTH OF 2 TO 4 FEET & CAN BE TRACED ON THE SURFACE FOR MORE THAN 300 FEET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wilson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS, HAND-DUG-TRENCHES, SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75

  • Deposit

    REEVES, SHAWE & KRAL, 1958, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 53-B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS EXPLORED BY BULLDIZER CUTS AND HAND TRENCHES PARALLEL TO AND ACROSS THE VEINS, AND BY A SHORT ADIT BELOW THEM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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