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Iron Gate Mine

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103600
MRDS ID M035577
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Gate Mine
Alternate or previous names Saddle, Velvet Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.09427, 38.5052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position APPROX. 4 MI. EAST OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 035E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Host Rock Complexly Folded And Faulted

Ore body information

  • General form DISCONTINUOUS LENSES, VEINS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Close Association To Intrusive Granitics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE IN THE EARLY FIFTIES FROM THIS AND SURROUNDING CLAIMS - ESTIMATE PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REEVES, SHAWE, KRAL, 1958 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PART B, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 53

  • Production

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO, NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY WAS ACTIVE AS LATE AS 1961 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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