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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042607
MRDS ID M060453
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Related records 10174256

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.14847, 40.00296 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341

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 025N 034E 27,34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DIXIE HOT SPRINGS (1966) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Scapolitized

Analytical data

Result 22.8% FE
Result 0.02% P
Result 0.01% S

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60.96M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 38.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA UNDERLAIN BY SCAPOLITIZED DIORITE, INTRUDED BY ANDESITE PORPHYRY DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Basin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • FIRST DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1951-52 WAS A MAGNETOMETER SURVEY DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE DRILLED. ONE HOLE ENCOUNTERED MATERIAL WITH AN AVERAGE OF 20% FE.. INACTIVE IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA UNDERLAIN BY SCAPOLITIZED DIORITE, INTRUDED BY ANDESITE PORPHYRY DIKES.
Deposit SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY ESTIMATED ORE DEPOSIT IS 1200 FT. LONG, 125 FT WIDE AND AT LEAST 200 FT. DEEP. FIRST DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1951-52 WAS A MAGNETOMETER SURVEY. DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE DRILLED. ONE HOLE ENCOUNTED MATERIAL WITH AVERAGE OF 20% FE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen 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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