| Deposit ID | 10296419 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060449 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320270390 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dodge-Ford Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Ford Mine, Iron Horse, Iron Colt |
| Related records | 10042605 |
| Point of reference | Pit |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.20097, 40.0693 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1262 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)
Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 025 N | 034 E | 06 | N2N2N2 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Scapolite | Unknown |
| Pit (1) | Gabbro complex, anorthosite, and albitite |
|---|
| Thickness | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 450M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 20HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| Year of first production | 1954 |
| District name | Mineral Basin District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. W. Hunley And Others |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1971 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320270390 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060449 | MAS references MRDS |
329. JOHNSON, M. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF
PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND
GEOLOGY BULLETIN 89, 1977, 115 PP.
454. MOORE, L. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA
IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS. BUMINES
IC 8511, 1971, 207 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DOMAIN IS PRIVATE AND BLM ADMINISTERED. GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 25 KM SE OF LOVELOCK MINING METHOD: OPEN PIT GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM PAST PRODUCTION: 800000 T PRIOR TO 1971 (1482) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 15-MAR-94 | Robinson | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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