Engle-Stouder Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111440
MRDS ID M231567
Record type Site
Current site name Engle-Stouder Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.81094, 38.95936 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 9 MILES NE OF GABBS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 037E 27 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • TWO PATENTED CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

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) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.81094, 38.95936

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Principal Shear Zone Is 400 Ft Long And 100 Ft Wide Faults And Folds Trending Nw Common In Mesozoic And Older Strata In This Area.

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL LENSES, NARROW VEINS, VEINLETS
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Iron Is Found Along Northwest Trending Shear Zones. Shear Zone 400 Ft Long, 100 Ft Wide

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE METAVOLCANIC ROCK IS DARK GRAY-GREEN AND FINE-GRAINED WITH VISIBLE GARNET, EPIDOTE AND QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Engle, Charles T. And Doane, Albert M.
    Home office 1315 North Gordon Drive, Hollywood 28, Ca
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stanard, Mrs. Wanda Engle
    Home office 45 Lawrence Place, Ashville, N.C.
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1961-1962.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REEVES, R.G., AND OTHERS 1958, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PART B-IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 53, P. 68

  • Production

    KLEINHAMPL AND ZIONY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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