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North Group

Past Producer in Churchill 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045396
MRDS ID M233109
Record type Site
Current site name North Group
Alternate or previous names Group No. 3 Or Iron Mountain Group of the Buena Vista Co. Iron, Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.17208, 39.97101 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position To Approx. Center Of The Group Which Extends 1 Mile Ns, 2 Miles E-W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buena Vista Hills South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 034E 04,05,09,09,03,10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES NORTH OF THE MOUTH OF COPPER KETTLE CANYON IN THE WESTERN SLOPE(THIS MAYENCOMPASS THE AREA OF THE LATER BUENA VISTA MINE, DESCRIBED IN THE MINERAL BASINDISTRICT) . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME OF THE HORNBLENDE AND IRON ORE APPEAR TO BE ALTERATION PRODUCTS FROM THE AUGITE. ORE IS CHIEFLY MEDIUM-GRAINED MASSIVE MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.17208, 39.97101
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 30 DEG SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Year of first production 1911

Mining district

District name Copper Kettle Group

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John T. Reid (Mostly)
    First year 1947

Production statistics

  • Year 1911
    Period About 1911
    Material FE ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Av. 66.87% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 67wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • TEST SHIPMENT OF S0 TONS ORE

Comments on development

  • 16 OR MORE CLAIMS COVERING 2 MILES EAST-WEST, AND ABOUT A MILE N-S. ASSESSMENT WORK WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY IN 1898 AND ABOUT 19118 A LOT OF SURFACE DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE WITH A TEST STHIPMENT OF SO TONS ORE MINED WITH 100 TONS PUT ON THE DUMP AT IRON MOUNTAIN. TEST MATERIAL AVERAGED 66.87% FE; 2.24%S.0Z; 0.011%P; 071%MN; AND 0.668% S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947; REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT.RESV

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C.,(1947) P.313

  • Reserve-Resource

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, P. 314

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE DEPOSITS ARE CRUDELY BEDDED. FOOTWALL ROCK, FOR AT LEAST 200 FT. BACK FROM THE LODE IS SPECKLED AUGITE- DIORITE HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED AND TRAVERSED BY LATE MAGNETITE VEINLETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-94 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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