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Iron Occurrence

Occurrence in Esmeralda 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  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 10047059
MRDS ID M242301
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.19647, 37.91772 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 043E 19,30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW OF S. KLONDYKE EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. UTM IS TO MIDLINE OF BOUNDARY BETWEEN SECTIONS 19 AND 30. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Muscovite Granite Of Klondyke
    Rock description Muscovite Granite Of Klondyke
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Emigrant; Harkless;Mule Spring Limestone
    Rock description Emigrant; Harkless;Mule Spring Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.19647, 37.91772
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints, Cavities; Near Contact With Muscovite Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Klondyke (Southern Klondyke) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1907, USGS BULL 308, P.82

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92, P.132

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, P.57

  • Deposit

    CHIPP, E.R., 1969, UNR MINES THESIS 351

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSANS, SMALL VEINS, IRREGULAR BODIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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