The Bessemer Mine is a iron mine located in Carson City county, Nevada.
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Bessemer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bessemer Mine
Secondary: Brunswick Canyon
Secondary: Iron King Nbmg # 3712
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Delaware
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): SHIPMENTS IN 1907,1919-20, 1944 AND 1953. ; ECON.COM: SHIPPED LESS THAN 1000 TONS IN 1953.
Comment (Workings): TRIAL SHIPMENTS MADE IN 1907; ORE SHIPMENTS MADE IN 1919-20, 1944; CONTINENTAL NEVADA IRON MINING CO HAD PROPERTY IN 1953 & SHIPPED LESS THAN 1000 TONS OF ORE (PART OF THIS WAS REJECTED BECAUSE OF LOW IRON-HIGH SILICA CONTENT). ORE OCCURS AT A BEND IN A SE TRENDING FAULT ZONE AT ITS JUNCTION WITH A BRANCH FAULT THAT TRENDS EAST. ORE IS IN THE FORM OF A LENTICULAR CHIMNEY 10' X 60', THAT RAKES STEEPLY NORTH. OPEN PITS AND PROSPECTS
Comment (Geology): VEIN HAS BEEN LEFT IN PLACE BOUNDED BY QUARTZITE BRECCIA. A SAMPLE WAS TAKEN OF THE MASSIVE VEIN AND PORTIONS OF THE BRECCIA. THE MAIN VEIN IS MASSIVE MAGNETITE,BUT WITH CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SILICA ALONG THE BOUNDARY.
Comment (Deposit): JACK QUADE STATED " MY BRUNTON WOULDN'T WORK- TOO MUCH MAGNETITE !"!!!!!!!!!!! ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): REEVES, RG, KRAL, VE, "& SHAWE, FR" IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST CENTRAL NEVADA, NEV B OF MINES & GEOL, BULL 53-B, 1958
Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, TD, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY & WASHOE CO, NBMG BULL 46, 1947
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, JG, GEOL & MIN DEP OF LYON, DOUGLAS & ORMSBY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 75, 1969
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, EC GEOL MAP, NEW EMPIRE QUAD, NBMG MAP 59, 1977
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5 -24-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
