| Deposit ID | 10103890 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060477 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hematite Mine |
| Related records | 10295776 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.18208, 40.08796 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1283 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 500 FT. SE OF NEVADA IRON ORE SEC. 29 PIT. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 026N | 034E | 29 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Kaolin | Gangue |
| Result | 63.5% FE, 0.08% P., 0.01%S |
|---|
| Model code | 62 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18d |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Fe |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock | ||
| |||
| (1) | -118.18208, 40.08796 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR VEIN |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mineral Basin District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Southern Pacific Co. |
| Type | Dump | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 90000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 152.4M |
| Overall width | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060477 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 89
MOORE, 1971, CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS: USBM IC 85H
BONHAM, H. F., JR., 18 JUL 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
JOHNSON, 77
JOHNSON, 1977.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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