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Iron Crown Prospect

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045424
MRDS ID M233152
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Crown Prospect
Alternate or previous names Iron Crown Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.25623, 38.61686 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MI. N-NW OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Head Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 09N 033E 36,25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTHERN FLANK OF GILLIS RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS 15 FT. OF ORE CONTAINED 57.7% FE AND TRACES OF SAND

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.25623, 38.61686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N30W
    Dip 70E
    Length 121.92M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Dewar, Mina, Nev; F. E. Sturdevent, Luning, Nev.

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARLOADS IN 1952.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    REEVES, SHAWE, KRAL, 1958, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 53-B

  • Production

    ROSS,D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE FERRUGINOUS CONTACT ZONE IS IRREGULAR, 10 TO 20 FEET WIDE AND ABOUT 400 FEET LONG, AND CONTAINS SEVERAL HORSES OF UNREPLACED LIMESTONE.
Deposit UTM IS TO PROSPECT PIT WHICH IS PROBABLY THIS PROSPECT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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