Piute Prospect Sec. 26

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10044123
MRDS ID M231467
Record type Site
Current site name Piute Prospect Sec. 26

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.34403, 40.00796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1204
Relative position 19 MI. SE OF LOVELOCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildhorse Spring(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 032E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2 SEC. 26

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.34403, 40.00796

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • META-SEDIMENTS AND-VOLCANICS HOSTING THE IRON DEPOSIT IS OVERLAIN BY TERTIARY VOLCANICS AND SANDY ALLUVIUM. MAGNETITE OCCURS AS SOLID MASSIVE REPLACEMENTS AND AS IRREGULAR STRINGER, BLEBS, AND DISSEMINTATEDRAINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Wild Horse District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • JUR(?)

Comments on development

  • DRILL HOLE CUTS THROUGH BRECCIATED ROCK AT THE CENTER OF A MAGNETIC ASOMALY

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, P.63-165

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-61, U.I; SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO; P.19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LOCATED IN 1952, SAME AS THAT FOR PIUTE PROSPECT SEC. 24. DRILL HOLE CUTS THROUGH BRECCIATED ROCK AT CENTER OF A MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SELECTIVE UNDERGROUND MINING WOULD ALLOW PRODUCTION OF 1 TON OF PELLETS FROM MINING AND TREATI ABOUT 2 TONS OF ORE. OPEN-PIT MINING WOULD PROVE UNECONOMICAL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MAGNETITE OCCURS AS SOLID MASSIVE REPLACEMENT AND AS IRREGULAR STRINGERS, BLEBS AND DISSEMINATED GRAINS.OVELOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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