Izenhood Ranch Area Tin Prospect

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Tin
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295733
MAS/MILS ID 0320150133
Record type Site
Current site name Izenhood Ranch Area Tin Prospect
Alternate or previous names Izenhood Ranch Area Ttn Prospect, Gamble Tin Lode Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.88374, 40.9643 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Izzenhood Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036 N 045 E 27 SWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Opal Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Older gravels

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0M
    Length 3048M
    Width 610M
    Area 65HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 65
    Date of Last Modification 800129

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914

Mining district

District name Izenhood

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Railroad
    Interest 40
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Unknown
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
    Interest 60
    Year 1976

Comments on the ownership information

  • DOMAIN IS MIXED WITH ODD SECTIONS OWNED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR, BA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 88, 1977, P. 82

  • Deposit

    KNOPF ADOLPH 1916, WOOD TIN IN TERTIARY RHYOLITES,ECON GLG.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG WO 1939, RECON MINING DIST LANDER CO. USBM IC 704

  • Deposit

    FRIES CARL JR., 1942, TIN DEPOSITS NORTH. LANDER CO. USGS BU

  • Deposit

    KILLEEN PL & NEWMAN WL 1965, TIN IN US, USGS MR 44

  • Deposit

    WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 64.5

  • Deposit

    WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 72.1

  • Deposit

    RICKER SPANGLER 1941, PRELIM. RPT.MRS. R.GAMBLE TIN PROS. US

  • Deposit

    BENSON WT 1946, PRELIM. RPT. GAMBLE TIN PROSPECT USBM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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