Iron Girl Claims

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047355
MRDS ID M242642
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Girl Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2261

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.53738, 41.18794 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Lear Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(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 038N 031E 08 NW OF NW OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON KNOB SOUTH OF LITTLE CEDAR CREEK . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2261, GRAB OF ORE PILE, CONTAINS + 20% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.1% TI, 200 PPM MN, 150 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 300 PPM CO, 15 PPM CU, 7PPM MO, 100 PPM NI, 1000 PPM V, 10 PPM Y.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Happy Creek Volcanic Series
    Rock description Happy Creek Volcanic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name King Lear
    Rock description King Lear

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.53738, 41.18794

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Thrust Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thrust Fault Contact Of Happy Creek Volcanics With King Lear Fm?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jackson Mountains District; Little Cedar Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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