The Kerr-Magee Iron Prospect is a iron mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,862 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,862 Feet (2,701 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.64833, -116.96333
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Kerr-Magee Iron Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kerr-Magee Iron Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Barcelona District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kerr-Magee Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES IN A SEPTUM OF METAMORPHOSED CARBONATE ROCKS, QUARTZITE, SCHIST, PHYLLITE ADJACENT TO A GRANITIC PLUTON. SPORADIC TACTITE ALONG CONTACT ZONE. AN EXPOSED POD SEVERAL YARDS SQUARE OF SULFIDES CONTAINED PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE, TETRAHEDRITE, MOLYBDENITE?, PYRRHOTITE, MAGNETITE AND SOME MALACHITE.
Comment (Location): JUST BELOW CAVED ADITS OF PERKINS PROSPECTS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRESENT
Comment (Development): ACTIVE EXPLORATION OCCURRING IN EARLY 1970'S (?); NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1985; DRILLING IN 1960'S-1970'S?
Comment (Workings): EXPLORATORY CUTS, DRILL HOLES
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J., AND ZIONY, J.I., 1984, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL 99B; (COMMODITIES SECTION), P. 11, P. 50.
Reference (Deposit): ERVINE, W.B., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OF THE SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA; PH.D. DISSERTATION, STANFORD UNIV., CA., 258 P.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION FOR NBMG OF BARCELONA DISTRICT.
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.
