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American Ore Co. Mine South

Past Producer in Pershing 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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 10047381
MRDS ID M242670
Record type Site
Current site name American Ore Co. Mine South
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2585

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.15486, 40.03101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 0.9 AIRMILE S 27 W FROM SEGER STROM-HEIZER MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buena Vista Hills North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 034E 16 SE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Scapolite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2585, DUMP SELECT OF GABBRO WITH SCAPOLITE, CHLORITE AND MAGNETITE

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gabbro Is Part Of A Major Lopolithic Body With Intrusive And Extrusive Phases

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO LENTICULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip STEEP
    Width 4M
  • General form TABULAR TO LENTICULAR
    Dip STEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mineral Basin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Consolidated Mineral Corp
    First year 1959
    Last year 1962
  • Type Owner
    Owner American Ore Co.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • DIRECT SHIPPING ORE AND CONCENTRATES PRODUCED BY CONSOLIDATED MINERALS CORP.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN PITS; NORTH PIT 250 FT LONG, 25 FT WIDE, AND 60 FT DEEP; SOUTH PIT 300 FT LONG. 70 FT WIDE AND 60 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY AMERICAN ORE CO IN 1950 AND LEASED IN 1959 TO CONSOLIDATED MINERALS CORP, WHO PRODUCED ORE IN 1959-1962. DISCOVERY OF LARGE HIGH-GRADE IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA IN THE 1960'S ESSENTIALLY REMOVED THE MAIN EXPORT MARKETS FOR NEVADA IRON ORE, WHICH LED TO THE CLOSURE OF THIS AND OTHER MINES BY 1970. DISTRICT WAS IDLE IN 1985. SMALL RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, P. 72

  • Deposit

    MOORE, LYMAN, 1971, USBM I C 8511

  • Deposit

    REEVES, R.G. AND KRAL, V.E., 1955, NBMG BULL 53

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., 18 JUL 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Production

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, P. 72.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETITE IS FOUND IN STEEPLY-DIPPING SUB PARALLEL VEINS UP TO 4 METERS WIDE. SOME MAGNETITE IS LOCALIZED IN A FISSURE WHICH INTERSECTS A VEIN. SOME DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE IN WALLROCK ADJACENT TO VEINS. LENSES OF ORE 1-3 FT WIDE. IRON ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH DEUTERIC ALTERATION OF THE LOPOLITHIC MAFIC IGNEOUS COMPLEX.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 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

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