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Section 31 Mine

Past 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042604
MRDS ID M060448
Record type Site
Current site name Section 31 Mine
Related records 10174989

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20291, 40.07296 (WGS84)
Elevation 1262
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI. SW OF THOMAS MINE

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 034E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHCENTER SEC. 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post Ore Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LEASES, PODS
    Length 91.44M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODIES RANGE FROM 10 TO 50 FEET IN WIDTH AND FROM 50 TO 300 FEET LONG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mineral Basin District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Co.

Comments on the production information

  • 3911 TONS IN 1954; ABOUT 20,000 TONS 1955-60

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ESTIMATED BY NEVADA BARTH CO; ABOVE 520 FOOT DEPTH

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE OPEN PITS-EACH 300 FT LONG, 75 TO 100 FT WIDE, AND 50 TO 60 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • LEASED TO NEVADA BARTH, PARKER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, DODGE CONSTRUCTION CO.. 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, 1971, CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS: USBM 1C 8511

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Production

    JOHNSON, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OWNED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. LEASED TO NEVADA BARTH, PARKER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, DODGE CONSTRUCTION CO. WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE OPEN PITS-EACH 300 FT. LONG, 75 TO 100 FEET WIDE, AND 50 TO 60 FT. DEEP. TABULAR VEINLIKE DEPOSITS CONTAINING LENTICULAR MASSES AND PODS OF MAGNETITE IN NORTHWEST TRENDING FAULTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit TABULAR, VEINLIKE DEPOSITS CONTAINING LENTICULAR MASSES AND PODS OF MAGNETITE IN NORTHWEST-TRENDING FAULTS. ORE BODIES RANGE FROM 10 TO 50 FT IN WIDTH AND FROM 50 TO 300 FT IN LENGTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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