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Tule Prospect Sec. 3

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048395
MRDS ID MO60434
Record type Site
Current site name Tule Prospect Sec. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.37291, 40.06907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildhorse Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 032E 03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result GOSSONS
Result 17.9 % FE AND 12.6 % S TO 60 % FE AND 0. S.

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 > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.37291, 40.06907
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISSEMINATED GNETITE AND PYRITE OCCUR NEAR DIORITE STOCK IN CALCAREOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS CAPP BY SHALLOW GOSSAN OF HEMATITE AND LIMONITE PRODUCED BY WEATHERING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wild Horse District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHING AND DRILLING.

Comments on development

  • TRENCHING AND DRILLING DONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, 1971, CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS, USBM 1C511, P. 204-205.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH- SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961, V.1., SOUTHERNACIFIC CO. , SAN FRANCISCO, P. 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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