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Gillis Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095384
MRDS ID M035689
Record type Site
Current site name Gillis Prospect
Alternate or previous names Gillis Iron No. 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.28206, 38.67659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position APPROX. 13 MI. NW OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Win Wan Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 033E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHIP OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINED 51.7 % FE MOST MATEIAL TOO LOW-GRADE TO BE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.28206, 38.67659
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. L. Crews
    Home office Hawthorne, Nv.

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER SCRAPINGS AND SCATTERED PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REEVES, SHAWE, KRAL, 1958 , IRON DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PART B, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FERRUGINOUS AREA 300 FT IN DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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