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Iron Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047173
MRDS ID M242429
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Iron Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.62084, 38.08718 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 1 MILE NW OF BRISTOL CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 066E 30 PROJECTED FROM EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED. ABOUT 2700 FT NW OF THE GYPSY SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Calamine Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1913 ABOUT 55 TONS OF ORE WERE BEING SHIPPED MONTHLY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Highland Peak
    Rock description Highland Peak

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.62084, 38.08718
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES
    Strike N 12-15E
    Dip 48-50 SE
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault, Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • HANGING WALL OF FISSURE IS IN LIMESTONE AND FOOTWALL IS IN MARBLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lessees In 1924. J. A. Nesbit, Lessee
    First year 1916
  • Type Owner
    Owner Day-Bristol Consolidated
    First year 1916

Production statistics

  • Year 1913
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.012 Oz Au, 16.3 Oz Ag, 16% Pb/Ton, 2% Cu, 13% Zn, 5.6% Fe, 1.4% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 1wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 6wt-pct
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 13wt-pct
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 16wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 460g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt
  • Year 1914
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.012 Oz Au, 11.81 Oz Ag, 27.26 % Pb/Ton, 1.62% Cu, 11% Zn, 14%Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 14wt-pct
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 11wt-pct
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 27wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 334g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt
  • Year 1917
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2.7 Oz Ag, 2.8% Pb/Ton, 28.8 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 29wt-pct
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 76g/mt
  • Year 1918
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.012 Oz Au, 8.8 Oz Ag, 23.25% Pb/Ton, 0.75% Cu, 6.05% Zn, 13.7% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt
    Ore Iron Iron 14wt-pct
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 6wt-pct
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 23wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 249g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENTS WERE BEING MADE ABOUT ONCE A MONTH IN 1924.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 115.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF 3 SHAFTS AND 2 SHALLOW CUTS 200 YD S OF THE SHAFT, WITH SMALL STOPES AT ONE END. 4 LEVELS ABOUT 90 FT APART IN SHAFT, ORE STOPED TO SURFACE. LONGEST DRIFTS TOTAL 165 FT ON 200 LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G. & KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DIST., NEV., USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 171, P. 71

  • Deposit

    NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE175, ITEM 6

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEMS 20,21

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, USGS BULL 648, P. 134

  • Production

    NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6; NBMG OPEN FILE 171, ITEM 20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON THE IRON FISSURE. ORE IS SOFT IRON-STAINED LEAD CARBONATE WITH LOWER-GRADE ORE CONTAINING MUCH UNREPLACED LIMESTONE. A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF HIGH GRADE SORTED ORE ON DUMP CONSISTED OF HARD MASSIVE CERUSSITE. IN THIS ORE, ROUNDED RESIDUAL KERNELS OF GALENA ARE SURROUNDED BY LAYERS OF ANGLESITE AND CERUSSITE. A MINOR AMOUNT OF COPPER CARBONATE IS PRESENT IN SOME ORE, AND THIN FILMS OF SILCIA HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN OPENINGS ANG CREVICES OF THE ORE. ORE WAS IN HANGING AND FOOT WALLS OF THE FISSURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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