Segerstrom-Heizer

Past Producer in Pershing 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222721
MRDS ID M060451
MAS/MILS ID 0320270392
Record type Site
Current site name Segerstrom-Heizer
Alternate or previous names Heizer
Related records 10042606

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.14737, 40.0424 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 034 E 15 N2NENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Scapolite Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Tremolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.14737, 40.0424

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 65M
    Length 1000M
    Width 215M
    Area 260HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N65E:70N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 260
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Mining district

District name Mineral Basin District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Segerstrom, C. H. And Heizer, J. M.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.5HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method QUARRY
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 1
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 7
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 80
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL VE, 1947, USBM RI 4025, 8P

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN FC, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS & MINERAL RESOURCES OF NE

  • Deposit

    MOORE L, 1971, USBM IC 8511,P159-62 AND 162-3

  • Deposit

    REEVES RG & KRAL VE, 1955, NEV.BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL 53, P

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON EL, 1954, PRIVATE REPORT, MARCH, 10 P, 1 MAP

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON EL, 1958, PRIVATE REPORT, MARCH, 7P, 1 MAP

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON EL, 1954, PRIVATE RPT.,MARCH 3P, 1 MAP

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON EL, 1958, PRIVATE RPT.JUNE 8P, 2MAPS

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON EL, 1951, PRIVATE RPT.JANUARY, 13 P.

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON EL, 1952, PRIVATE REPORT, JANUARY, 19P, 9 MAPS

  • Deposit

    TATLOCK DB, 1969, NEVADA BUR MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE MAP

  • Deposit

    WALLACE RE, 1969, USGS GEOL. QUAD.MAP GQ-821, SCALE 1:62,500

  • Deposit

    MAP-1954, USGS BUFFALO MT. 15 MINUTE TOPOGRAPHIC QUAD MAP

  • Deposit

    MAP-1968,USGS AEROMAG. MAP OF UNIONVILLE REGION,NEV.BUR.MINS

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, P 68, 69, 72, PL 2A

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT OF INVEST 4025, 1947, P 1-8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-94 Robinson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.