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Irish Mountain Manganese Deposits

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047238
MRDS ID M242506
Record type Site
Current site name Irish Mountain Manganese Deposits
Alternate or previous names Brownlow and Gentry Property, Gentry Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.39947, 37.66524 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Irish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 059E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 15 MILES NW FROM CRYSTAL SPRINGS; NEAR SOUTH PAW MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OVER 6 FT WIDTH ASSAYED 10% MN, 3.08% FE, 0.036% P, 36.82% INSOL.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.39947, 37.66524
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cut By Fissures, Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BEDDED
    Length 30.48M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pahranagat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. Brownlow And A. H. Gentry
    First year 1941

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 176, ITEM 6. 1941

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

  • Deposit

    TSHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 155.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE OF MN OXIDE IN A FAULT FISSURE ON BROWNLOW PROPERTY. SOME FISSURES ARE FILLED WITH MN OXIDES AS WELL AS CALCITE AND QUARTZ. SOMEINDICATIONS OF BEDDED DEPOSITS ARE NOTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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