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American Ore Co. Mine

Past Producer in Pershing 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111434
MRDS ID M060450
Record type Site
Current site name American Ore Co. Mine
Related records 10271403

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13764, 40.04684 (WGS84)
Elevation 1292
Relative position ABOUT 1/2 MI. NE OF SEGERSTROM-HEIZERMINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 034E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC.10; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BUFFALO MOUNTAIN (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Scapolitization

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
    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) -118.13764, 40.04684
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cross Faults, Main Nw Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
  • General form VEINS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Main Fault With Cross Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOUR MAGNETITE VEINS, 4 TO 5 FT WIDE. FINE-GRAINED MAGNETITE DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE WALL ROCK AS FAR AS 25 FT. FROM ORE BODY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1952

Mining district

District name Mineral Basin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Parker Brothers Construction Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner American Ore Co.

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1952 4,000 TONS OF ORE AVERAGED 60% FE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT 150 FT LONG, 100 FT WIDE, 50 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G. 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    MOORE, L., 1971, CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS: USBM 1C 8511

  • Deposit

    REEVES AND KRAL, 1955, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; PART A, GEOLOGY AND IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUENA VISTA HILL S, CHURCHILL AND PERSHING COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL.53

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 18 JUL 85, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR MAGNETITE VEINS, 4 TO 5 FT WIDE FINE-GRAINED MAGNETITE DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE WALL ROCK AS FAR AS 25 FT FROM ORE BODY
Deposit AMERICAN ORE CO. PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 1950. MINE PRODUCTION WAS STARTED IN 1952 BY THE COMPANY BUT LATER THAT YEAR MINING WAS CONTRACTED TO PARKER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO. WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT 150 FT. LONG, 100 FT. WIDE, 50 FT. DEEP. THE DEPOSIT IS ON A CONTINUATION OF THE MAIN NE-TRENDING FAULT WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE NEARBY SEGERSTROM-HELZER MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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