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Piute

Prospect in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222703
MRDS ID M060441
MAS/MILS ID 0320270382
Record type Site
Current site name Piute
Related records 10042599

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.34267, 40.0082 (WGS84)
Elevation 1207
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildhorse Spring(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 032 E 25 C E2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.34267, 40.0082
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 250HA
    Depth to top 230M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 241
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 250
    Date of Last Modification 850823

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Wildhorse

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. William Hunley
    Interest 60
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. L. And H. C. Stephenson
    Interest 30
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. W. And L. M. Belanger
    Interest 10
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Comments on the ownership information

  • SOUTHERN PACIFIC LAND COMPANY OWNS ODD NUMBERED LAND SECTIONS ADJACENT TO DEPOSITS. SOUTHERN PACIFIC LAND CO. OWNS ADJACENT ODD NUMBER SECTIONS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MOORE REPORTS AN ENORMOUS QUANITY OF MATERIAL CONTAINING MORE THAN 20% IRON, A VERY LARGE QUANITY AVERAGING MORE THAN 30% IRON, AND SUBSTANTIAL QUANITY CONTAINING MORE THAN 50% IRON.(NEVADA DIR. BIB. REF. #454).
  • RESOURCE ESTIMATE BY STEPHENSON IS BASED ON TWO (2) DRILL HOLES AND TWO (2) MAGNETIC ANOMALIES. A THIRD DRILL HOLE BY SISKON CORP (UNDER OPTION) INDICATED THAT THE RESOURCE MAY BE OPTIMISTIC. SISKON CORP DROPPED THE OPTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHESHERE, H.B. JR, 1975, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION;

  • Deposit

    SISKON CORPORATION.

  • Deposit

    GIMLETT, J.I., 1961, GRAVITY SURVEY OF THE PIUTE CLAIMS,

  • Deposit

    PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; PRIVATE REPORT, 11 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    STEPHENSON, E.L., 1959, THE PIUTE IRON DEPOSIT, PERSHING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COUNTY, NEVADA; PRIVATE REPORT, REVISED 1962, 1968,

  • Reserve-Resource

    10 PP., 4 PL.

  • Deposit

    329. JOHNSON, M. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY BULLETIN 89, 1977, 115 PP.

  • Deposit

    454. MOORE, L. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA

  • Deposit

    IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    IC 8511, 1971, 207 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY HAS NOT PRODUCED. GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 20 KM SE OF LOVELOCK. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS LARGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-88 Koehler U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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