Hematite Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103890
MRDS ID M060477
Record type Site
Current site name Hematite Mine
Related records 10295776

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18208, 40.08796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1283
Relative position ABOUT 500 FT. SE OF NEVADA IRON ORE SEC. 29 PIT.

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)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 026N 034E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC. 29; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BUFFALO MOUNTAIN (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Kaolin Gangue

Analytical data

Result 63.5% FE, 0.08% P., 0.01%S

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18208, 40.08796

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS RANGING FROM 1 INCH TO MORE THAN 10 FT. IN WIDTH WITH A HIGH RATIO OF HEMATITE, TO MAGNETITE.

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type Dump
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 90000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 33.4 wt-pct Iron Major 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 33.4% ORE IN DUMP; 32.7% ORE IN SURROUNDING AREA AND ORE UNDERLYING THE PIT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN OPEN PIT 500 FT LONG AND 300 FT WIDE

Comments on development

  • OPERATED BY NEVADA IRON ORE CO. AND NEVADA BARTH CO.. INACTIVE IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MOORE, 1971, CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS: USBM IC 85H

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 18 JUL 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Production

    JOHNSON, 77

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSON, 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS RANGING FROM 1 IN TO MORE THAN 10 FT IN WIDTH WITH A HIGH RATIO OF HEMATITE TO MAGNETITE.
Deposit OPERATED BY NEVADA IRON ORE CO. AND NEVADA BARTH CO. UNDER LEASES FROM SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT 500 FT. LONG AND 300 FT. WIDE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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