| Deposit ID | 10047553 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242917 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fe Prospect #2 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.9588, 40.02127 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washoe(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
State Line Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)
North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
California(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Washoe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 025N | 018E | 22 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock |
| Rock unit name | Nightingale Sequence |
| Rock description | Nightingale Sequence |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff |
| (1) | -119.9588, 40.02127 |
|---|
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20 W |
| Dip | 40 SW |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | State Line Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242917 |
TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 SCALE MAP AREA.
BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70, PL. 1.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CUT EXPOSES SUGARY-TEXTURED WELDED TUFF IN ITS NORTH END, SCHISTOSE METASEDIMENTARY ROCK IN ITS SOUTH END. A SMALL PIT ABOUT 20 FT SE OF THE S END OF THE CUT EXPOSES LENSES OF QUARTZ-HEMATITE-MAGNETITE FORMED WITHIN THE METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. THE LENSES STRIKE N 20 W , DIP 40 SW. ONE LENS IS EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 5 FT OF THICKNESS IN THE PIT, ANOTHER IS EXPOSED FOR 1-2 FT OF THICKNESS. LENSES ARE MOSTLY MASSIVE HEMATITE AND ARE CONFORMABLE TO BEDDING IN THE METASEDIMENTARY ROCK. WALL ROCKS NEAR THE PIT ARE CUT BY QUARTZ-EPIDOTE VEINLETS AND CLOTS OF MASSIVE, FINE-GRAINED EPIDOTE WITHIN THE ROCK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1988 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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