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Iron King Mine

Prospect in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047288
MRDS ID M242566
Record type Site
Current site name Iron King Mine
Alternate or previous names Ic Claims, NBMG Sample Site 2416

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.176, 41.87544 (WGS84)
Elevation 1759
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF IKES CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Disaster Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 034E 09 SW OF SW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2416 OF SELECT QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL CARRYING MUCH PYRITE CONTAINS 7% FE, 5% MG, 10% CA, 0.7% TI, 2000 PPM MN, 30 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 100 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 20 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 20 PPM SC, 1000 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR. AA ANALYSIS ALSO SHOWED 0.5 PPM AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.176, 41.87544
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On West Edge Of Mcdermitt Caldera Complex
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Disaster District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chevron Minerals; Reverted To Bengoa Et Al When Chevron Pulled Out

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SETS OF OLD WORKINGS CONSISTING OF ADITS AND SHAFTS. NEW WORK (2-3 YEARS OLD) CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS DRILL ROADS AND NUMEROUS DRILL HOLES.

Comments on development

  • AREA WAS BEING ACTIVELY PROSPECTED AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984. LOCATION NOTICE: IC-73-CLAIM NAME; STAKED OCT 2, 1982 BY CHEVRON USA, GOLDEN, COLO. EXAMINER TALKED TO KEN HOLTZ OF MCDERMITT MINE; HE SAYS THEY HAVE LEASED PROPERTY FROM BENGOA, ET AL. THEY HAVE THIS CANYON, GOLD HILL CANYON TO RIDGE TOP AND SOUTH TO HORSE CANYON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 8-15-84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1960, NBMG BULL 59

  • Deposit

    RYTUBA, ET AL., UNPUB. OFR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE QUARTZ VEINS IN FAULT STRUCTURES. PYRITE IN WALL ROCK. ALSO GRAY, GREASY, QUARTZ PRESENT. CONSIDERABLE PYRITE IN PLACES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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