| Deposit ID | 10042602 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060446 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Beacon Hill Prospect |
| Related records | 10271026 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.18208, 40.08379 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1292 |
| Relative position | 3/4 MI. SE OF THE THOMAS MINE |
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 | 026N | 034E | 32 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Model code | 62 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18d |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Fe |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock |
| (1) | -118.18208, 40.08379 |
|---|
| Width | 3.05M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| Discoverer | Charles Dodgson |
| District name | Mineral Basin District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mineral Materials Co. |
| First year | 1955 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Length | 152.4M |
| Overall length | 45.72M |
| Overall width | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060446 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
MOORE, 1971, CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS: USBM 1C 8511
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
BONHAM, H. F., JR., 18 JUL 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A 15-FT WIDE VEIN CONTAINS A 10-FT WIDTH OF MAGNETITE ORE; IT WAS MINED OVER A LENGTH OF 500 FT. TWO PARALLEL ZONES OF MAGNETITE MINERALIZATION WITH ABOUT 15% IRON GRADE OCCURS SOUTH OF THE VEIN. |
| Deposit | DISCOVERED IN 1952 BY MAGNETIC ANOMALY BY CHARLES DODGSON. PURCHASED BY MINERALS MATERIALS CO. IN 1953 AND EXPLORED BY TRENCHING AND 19 WAGON DRILL HOLES TO DEPTHS OF 70 FEET. A VEIN 15 FEET WIDE, CONTAINING A 10-FOOT WIDTH OF MAGNETITE ORE WAS MINED OVER A LENGTH OF 500 FEET. THE VEIN IS AN EXTENSION OF THE AMERICAN ORE SECTION 32 ORE BODY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| 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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