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Iron Blossom Prospect

Occurrence in Lyon 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055070
MRDS ID RE00004
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Blossom Prospect
Alternate or previous names Section 10 Open Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.49293, 39.3499 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Misfits Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 17N 22E 10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.49293, 39.3499
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Contact Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT ALONG LIMESTONE/GRANITE CONTACT WHERE MAGNETITE HAS SELECTIVELY REPLACED THE LIMESTONE. NBMG SAMPLE SITE #3774

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN-PIT

Comments on development

  • OPEN PIT WITH NEARBY DRILL ROADS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J.G., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 75.

  • Deposit

    REEVES, R.G., SHAWE, F.R. 7 KRAL, V.E., 1958 IRON DEPOSITS OF WEST CENTRAL NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 53.

  • Deposit

    IRON BLOSSOM PROSPECT; RED MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT; LYON COUNTY, NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) MINING DISTRICT FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIELD NOTES FROM JACK QUADE (NBMG), 7/9/89 ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit DEPOSIT IS ALONG A METAMORPHIC CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND GRANITE. MAGNETITE HAS SELECTIVELY REPLACED THE LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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