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American Ore Co. Mine North

Producer in Pershing 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042601
MRDS ID M060445
Record type Site
Current site name American Ore Co. Mine North
Related records 10150237

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18903, 40.08629 (WGS84)
Elevation 1286
Relative position ABOUT 1/2 MI. SE OF THOMASMINE

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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 034E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH CENTRAL PART OF SEC. 32; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BUFFALO MOUNTAIN (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Scapolitized

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 Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18903, 40.08629
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults In Area
Type of structure Local
Structure description Postmineral Faults; Fissure Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 80N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cross Fractures In 20 Ft-Wide Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS IN NARROW VEINS AND SMALL REPLACEMENT BODIES. POSTMINERAL FAULTS BROKE AND OFFSET LENSES OF MAGNETITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Marker, Lyle And Stoker

Mining district

District name Mineral Basin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Parker Brothers Construction Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner American Ore Co.
    First year 1955

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1952 BY PARKER BROS; IN 1943 FOR SHIP BALLAST

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT 40 FT DEEP AND 700 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • BRATTON AND BLAIR LEASED PROPERTY AND PRODUCED ORE FOR SHIP BALLAST IN 1943. AMERICAN ORE CO. PURCHASED PROPERTY IN 1950 AND FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY IN EXPLORATION AND SOME PRODUCTION LEASED IT TO PARKER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO. IN 1952. NO ACTIVITY IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MOORE, L., 1971, CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS: USBM IC 8511

  • Deposit

    REEVES AND KRAL, 1955, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; PART A, GEOLOGY AND IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUENA VISTA HILLS, CHURCHILL AND PERSHING COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 53

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., 18 JUL 85, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Production

    JOHNSON, 77

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS IN NARROW VEINS AND SMALL REPLACEMENT BODIES.POSTMINERAL FAULTS BROKE AND OFFSET LENSES OF MAGNETITE.
Deposit PROPERTY LOCATED BY MARKER, LYLE AND STOKER WHO LEASED PROPERTY TO BRATTON AND BLAIR. THEY PRODUCED ORE FOR SHIP BALLAST IN 1943. AMERICAN ORE CO. PURCHASED PROPERTY IN 1950 AND FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY EXPLORATION AND SOME PRODUCTION LEASED IT TO PARKER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO. IN 1952. WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT 40 FT. DEEP AND 700 FT. LONG. AREA IS COVERED BY 2 TO 10 FEET OF LAKE LAHONTAN SEDIMENTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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