| Deposit ID | 10109651 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060444 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Nevada Iron Ore Sec. 29 Mine |
| Related records | 10125734 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.18569, 40.08796 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1289 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1,000 FT. E THOMAS MINE |
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 |
| Result | 60% FE |
|---|---|
| Result | 9% SIO2 |
| Result | 0.04% P |
| Result | 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) | -118.18569, 40.08796 |
|---|
| General form | VEINS |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 4.57M |
| General form | VEINS |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mineral Basin District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Operated By Nevada Iron Ore Co., And Nevada Barth Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Southern Pacific Co. |
| Type | Dump | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 90000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 201.17M |
| Overall width | 24.38M |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 152.4M |
| Overall width | 22.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060444 |
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 1C 8511
BONHAM, H. F., JR., 18 JUL 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
JOHNSON, 1977.
JOHNSON, 1977
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAGNETITE-HEMATITE OCCURS IN TWO INTERSECTING VEINS. SHIPPING GRADE ORE OCCURS AS LENSES & PODS THROUGHOUT THE VEINS. |
| Deposit | PROPERTY IS OWNED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. AND WAS LEASED TO NEVADA IRON ORE AND TO NEVADA BARTH. WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN PITS 660 FEET LONG, 70 FT. DEEP, AND 30 TO 80 FT. WIDE; 500 FT. LONG, 75 FT. DEEP, AND 75 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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