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Emery-Fisk 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10045394
MRDS ID M233107
Record type Site
Current site name Emery-Fisk Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.14986, 39.93796 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position I50-Utm Of One Prospect Pit On The Claim.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buena Vista Hills South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 034E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON NW FLANK OF STILLWATER RANGE, ABOUT 2.5 MILES SE OF BUENA VISTA MINE (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Humboldt Gabroic Complex
    Rock description Humboldt Gabroic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.14986, 39.93796
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 15.24M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Copper Kettle District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SHAWE, F.R., REEVES, R.G., AND KRAL, V.E., 1962, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; PT. C,IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NEVADA: N.B.M.G. GULL 53, P. 123-124.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON PROSPECT
Deposit ABOUT 0.5 MILE NE OF THIS PROPERTY ARE SMALL MAGNETITE VEINS CONTAINING APATITE,IN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS OF LATE PALEOZOIC(?) AGE. A CLIFF-LIKE OUTCROP IS 10-15 FTWIDE AND % FT. LONG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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