The Owen Prospect is a iron mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.6675, -119.01833
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Owen Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Owen Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Wilson - Pine Grove
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: H. D. Lewis, O. Hokanson
Home Office: Thayne, Wy.
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): NEARLY PURE EXCEPT FOR WHITE QTZ. AND RED HEMATITE
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER CUTS, HAND TRENCHES AND SHORT ADIT
References
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Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
