Tule Prospect Sec. 34

Occurrence 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042593
MRDS ID M060433
Record type Site
Current site name Tule Prospect Sec. 34
Related records 10296427

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.37458, 40.07434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 12 MI. SE OF LOVELOCK

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)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 026N 032E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result GOSSANS: 17.9% FE & 12.6% S TO 60% FE & 0.62%

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.37458, 40.07434

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE AND PYRITE OCCUR NEAR DIORITE STOCK IN CALCAREOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS CAPPED BY SHALLOW GOSSAN OF HEMATITE AND LIMONITE PRODUCED BY WEATHERING, 20 FEET THICK. FIRE DRILL HOLES INDICATES A MAGNETITE TO PYRITE RATIO OF 5:4.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wild Horse District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHING AND CORE DRILLING WAS DONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MOORE, 1971, CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON RESOURCES & IRON ORE MARKETS; USBM IC 8511, P. 204-205.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1958-61, V.I. SO. PACIFIC CO, SAN FRANCISCO, P.19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT THIS PROSPECT, DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE AND PYRITE OCCUR NEAR A DIORITE STOCK IN CALCAREOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS CAPPED BY SHALLOW GOSSAN OF HEMATITE AND LIMONITE PRODUCED BY WEATHERING, 20 FEET THICK. FIRE DRILL HOLES INDICATE A MAGNETITE TO PYRITE RATIO OF 5:4.
Deposit TRENCHING AND CORE DRILLING WAS DONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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