The Dayton Iron Deposit is a iron mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Dayton Iron Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dayton Iron Deposit
Secondary: Rosetta Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #3776
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Red Mountain
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
Owner Name: Utah International, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Asymmetrical Anticline Which Is Overturned To The East And Has A Core Of Granodiorite.
Type: L
Description: Folded Metasedimentary Units
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hematitization (Oxidation Of Magnetite)
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT WAS EXTENSIVELY DRILLED AND TESTED; PLANS WERE MADE TO PLACE THE PROPERTY INTO PRODUCTION BUT IRON PRICES FELL AND NO ORE WAS PRODUCED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): THE MAIN IRON DEPOSIT WAS CLAIMED, PARTIALLY EXPLORED AND PATENTED IN THE PERIOD 1903-1908; SOME EXPLORATION WAS DONE IN 1942 BY THE USBM.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS A HEMATITE-MAGNETITE CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSIT IN A SERIES OF METAMORPHOSED AND FOLDED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS NEAR CONTACTS WITH GRANITIC ROCKS. MAGNETITE AND MINOR PYRITE HAVE SELECTIVELY REPLACED THE LIMESTONE BEDS (THAT WERE MORE AMENABLE TO REPLACEMENT THAN ADJACENT SCHISTS AND HORNFELS) IN THE METASEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE. SURFACE OXIDATION REACHES TO A DEPTH OF MORE THAN 100 FEET; MUCH OF THE PYRITE IN THIS OXIDIZED ZONE HAS BEEN LEACHED.
Comment (Workings): A 100-FOOT SHAFT, NUMEROUS PITS, TRENCHES AND EXTENSIVE DRILLING.
Comment (Geology): THE PRINCIPAL DEPOSIT OUTCROPS AND FORMS A LOW HILL WITH ABOUT 100 FEET OF RELIEF; A LARGE PORTION OF THE DEPOSIT IS BURIED UNDER SHALLOW ALLUVIUM IN THE SURROUNDING VALLEY.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J.G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV (1969) NBMG BULL 75
Reference (Deposit): REEVES, R.G., SHAWE, F.R., AND KRAL, V.E., IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA (1958) NBMG BULL. 53
Reference (Deposit): ROYLANCE, J.G., JR., 1966, THE DAYTON IRON DEPOSITS LYON AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, 10 PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE AIME PACIFIC SOUTHWEST MINERAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE, SPARKS, NEVADA: NBMG REPT. 13, PT. A, P 125-141
Reference (Deposit): DAYTON IRON DEPOSIT, RED MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, LYON COUNTY, NEVADA, QUADE, JACK SAMPLE SITE #3776 VISIT, 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.
