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Iron Crown Prospect

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037609
MRDS ID M035639
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Crown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.22539, 38.61853 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position 8 MI. N - 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

Luning(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION 3 MI. NE OF HOLIDAY URANIUM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS 15 FT. CONTAINED 58% FE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.22539, 38.61853
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 70 E
    Length 121.92M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Dewar, Mina, Nev., F. E. Sturdevent, Luning, Nv.

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE WERE MINED AND SHIPPED IN 1952

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    F (1)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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