The Unnamed Iron Prospect is a iron mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Unnamed Iron Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Iron Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Shady Run
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Past Producer
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
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE LODE STRIKES NORTH-SOUTH IN QUARTZITE AND SEEMS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE QUARTZITE AND UNDERLYING INTRUSIVE GRANITE. DUMP MATERIAL INDICATES THAT THE DEPOSIT CARRIES MAGNETITE-HEMATITC MATERIAL OF GOOD GRADE. THE DEPOSIT IS PROBABLY OF MAGMATIC ORIGIN. THE ORE IS MASSIVE AND HAS AN IRREGULAR FRACTURE; SOME OF IT IS POROUS OR VESICULAR. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF FAIR-GRADE IRON ORE.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947: NBMG FILES
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, & SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83.
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.
