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Unnamed Iron Prospect

Occurrence in Churchill 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045373
MRDS ID M233084
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72733, 39.23575 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES SE OF EASTGATE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campbell Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 038E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SLOPE OF DESATOYA MTS., ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF CARROLL SUMMIT. (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.72733, 39.23575
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MAGNETITE-HEMATITE ORE OCCURS IN THE METAVOLCANIC ROCKS NEAR THE CONTACTS OF A BIOTITE-QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Discoverer John Vargas And A. Basquez

Mining district

District name Eastgate District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NV; N.B.M.G. BULL.83.

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979, U.S.B.M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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