Dodge-Ford Mine

Past Producer in Pershing 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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10296419
MRDS ID M060449
MAS/MILS ID 0320270390
Record type Site
Current site name Dodge-Ford Mine
Alternate or previous names Ford Mine, Iron Horse, Iron Colt
Related records 10042605

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.20097, 40.0693 (WGS84)
Elevation 1262
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

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)

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 025 N 034 E 06 N2N2N2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Scapolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Gabbro complex, anorthosite, and albitite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Length 450M
    Width 300M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip E00W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 850826

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Mineral Basin District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. W. Hunley And Others
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1971

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    329. JOHNSON, M. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY BULLETIN 89, 1977, 115 PP.

  • Deposit

    454. MOORE, L. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA

  • Deposit

    IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    IC 8511, 1971, 207 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOMAIN IS PRIVATE AND BLM ADMINISTERED. GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 25 KM SE OF LOVELOCK MINING METHOD: OPEN PIT GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM PAST PRODUCTION: 800000 T PRIOR TO 1971 (1482)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-94 Robinson 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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