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Iron Point Vanadium Occurrence

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Vanadium, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Nickel, Barium-Barite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043962
MRDS ID M231271
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Point Vanadium Occurrence
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2308

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.3154, 40.91795 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF I-80

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 041E 12 SE OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO SAMPLE SITE 2308 FROM LARGE BULLDOZER CUT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2308 OF BLACK UNOXIDIZED SILTSTONE FROM A LARGE BULLDOZER CUT, CONTAINS 10 % FE, 7 % MG, +20 % CA, 0.2 % TI-, 20 PPM MN, 15 PPM AG, 70 PPM B, 2000 PPM BA, 100 PPM CR, 200- PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 1000 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 2000 P-PM SR, 10000 PPM V, 150 PPM Y, 1000 PPM ZN, 200 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 208
USGS model code 31a
Deposit model name Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 13

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Valmy Formation
    Rock description Valmy Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, STRATIFORM
    Strike NE
    Dip 35NW
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 304.8M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BLACK SHALE, SILTSTONE, CHERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iron Point District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONE MILLION TONS ESTIMATED PRESENT WITHIN 500 FEET OF SURFACE

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • ESTIMATED ONE MILLION TONS PRESENT WITHIN 500 FEET OF SURFACE. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, R. P., (1964) IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 65

  • Deposit

    ERICKSON, R. L., AND S. P. MARSH (1974) GEOL. MAP, IRON POINT QUAD.; U.S.G.S., G. Q. 1175

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 23 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985

  • Reserve-Resource

    FISCHER, R. P., 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEDIMENTARY BEDDING. VANADIUM AND OTHER BASE METALS REPORTEDLY OCCUR IN A LIGHT-GRAY-WEATHERING BLACK SILTSTONE. BLACK CHERT BEDS ARE- ALSO PRESENT IN THE FORMATION. THE SILTSTONE IS CALCAREOUS AN-D IS CUT BY NARROW (1MM) WHITE CALCITE VEINLETS.
Deposit BLACK SHALE DEPOSIT RICH IN VANADIUM AND ZINC, ALSO CONTAINS COPPER, SILVER, NICKEL, BARIUM. METAL CONCENTRATIONS OCCUR IN A STRATIGRAPHIC ZONE ABOUT 35 FEET THICK THAT HAS BEEN TRACED FOR 1000 FEET ALONG STRIKE. ONE MILLION TONS ESTIMATED PRESENT WITHIN 500 FEET OF SURFACE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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