Fe Prospect #1

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10047552
MRDS ID M242916
Record type Site
Current site name Fe Prospect #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.97963, 40.00432 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

State Line Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 018E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Nightingale Sequence
    Rock description Nightingale Sequence

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.97963, 40.00432

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO LENTICULAR
    Strike N 20-30 W
    Dip 65 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name State Line Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT DRIVEN 40-50 FT LONG SW TO INTERSECT VEIN EXPOSED IN CUT. CUT ON SLOPE EAST OF ADIT, SEVERAL ROAD CUTS.

Comments on development

  • EVIDENCE OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF HAND-DIGGING AT THE TWO CUTS, BUT NO MAJOR WORK HAS TAKEN PLACE ON THIS PROPERTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 SCALE MAP AREA.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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