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Sheep Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Eureka 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. 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 10044723
MRDS ID M232298
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.30925, 40.3038 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thatcher Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 050E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 158
USGS model code 25i
Deposit model name Volcanic-hosted magnetite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Sod House Tuff
    Rock description Sod House Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.30925, 40.3038
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAGNETITE RIMMED BY HEMATITE AND GEOTHITE FORMS THE MATRIX OF BRECCIA, CONTAINING FRAGMENTS OF ASH-FLOW TUFF AND OF LOWER CRETACEOUS (?) PLUTONIC ROCK (MUFFLER L.J. (1964)) IRON WAS PRESUMABLY DERIVED FROM DEUTERICALLY ALTERRED LOWER CRET. PLUTONIC ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Modarelli-Franchie Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J. ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 66, REFERENCE NO. 3201100165

  • Deposit

    MUFFLER L.J. (1964) GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCHIE CREEK QUADRANGLE, NEV. USGS BULL 1179

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NEAR THE HEAD OF SHEEP CREEK CANYON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit REPLACEMENT BY MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE AS MATRIX OF A BRECCIA IN FAULT ZONE WHICH CUTS VOLCANICS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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