The Basalt Prospect is a iron mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Basalt Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Basalt Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Ragged Top District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
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: PODS ASSOCIATED WITH TACTITE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A DRILL HOLE PENETRATED 40 FT OF MARBLE CONTAINING 0.17 % W03, BUT NO TUNGSTEN ORE HAS BEEN PRODUCED FROM THE PROP-ERTY.
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A LITTLE SCHEELITE OCCURS IN GARNET- EPIDOTE TACTITE
Comment (Workings): DRILL HOLES, SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Geology): SMALL DIKES OF LATE TERTIARY TO EARLY QUATERNARY BASALT CUT THE CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE & DIORITE IN AREA NEAR THE IRON DEPOSITS.
Comment (Location): ESE OF COPPER KING SHAFT ABOUT 0.5 MILE
Comment (Deposit): EXPLORED BY MAGNETOMETER SURVEY AND 13 WAGON DRILL HOLES. SEVERAL PODS OF MASSIVE MAGNETITE OCCUR IN FOLDED LIMESTONE NEAR CONTACTS WITH SMALL DIORITE INTRUSIONS. MAGNETITE PODS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A GARNET-EPIDOTE TACTITE THAT CONTAINS SOME SCHEELITE. MINERALIZED ZONE TRENDS NE AND IS 100 TO 200 FEET WIDE, BUT THE MINERALIZATION IS NOT CONTINUOUS ALONG STRIKE, AND BARREN ZONES EXIST BETWEEN FE-OXIDE VEINS IN THE DIORITE INTRUSIONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): EXPLORED BY MAGNETOMETER SURVEY AND 13 WAGON DRILL HOLES
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): SHAW, REEVES, & KRAL, 1962, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 53 C
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961; V.I., SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO. P. 17
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT, APR 85.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
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.
