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Unnamed Iron Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10111433
MRDS ID M060437
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Prospect
Related records 10222780

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39403, 40.0299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildhorse Pass(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)

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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 032E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION APPROXIMATE; 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1956 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39403, 40.0299
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE AND PYRITE OCCUR NEAR DIORITE STOCK IN CALCAREOUS METASEDIMENTS CAPPEDY SHALLOW GOSSAN TO 20' THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wild Horse District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • PART OF THE TULE DEPOSITS(?)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UT-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961, V.I., SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISO, P.19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PART OF THE TULE DEPOSIT? DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE AND PYRITE OCCUR NEAR A DIORITE STOCK IN CALCAROUS METASEDIMENTS CAPPED BY SHALLOW GOSSAN TO 20' THICK.
Deposit PART OF THE TULE DEPOSIT (?) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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