The Iron Point Vanadium Occurrence is a silver, vanadium, zinc, copper, nickel, and barium-barite mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,701 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: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Vanadium, Zinc, Copper, Nickel, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 40.91806, -117.31444
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Iron Point Vanadium Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Point Vanadium Occurrence
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2308
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Nickel
Primary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Iron Point District
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Orebody
Form: BLANKET, STRATIFORM
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2308 OF BLACK UNOXIDIZED SILTSTONE FROM A LARGE BULLDOZER CUT, CONTAINS 10 % FE, 7 % MG, +20 % CA, 0.2 % TI-, 20 PPM MN, 15 PPM AG, 70 PPM B, 2000 PPM BA, 100 PPM CR, 200- PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 1000 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 2000 P-PM SR, 10000 PPM V, 150 PPM Y, 1000 PPM ZN, 200 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ONE MILLION TONS ESTIMATED PRESENT WITHIN 500 FEET OF SURFACE
Comment (Location): UTM IS TO SAMPLE SITE 2308 FROM LARGE BULLDOZER CUT
Comment (Development): ESTIMATED ONE MILLION TONS PRESENT WITHIN 500 FEET OF SURFACE. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): SEDIMENTARY BEDDING. VANADIUM AND OTHER BASE METALS REPORTEDLY OCCUR IN A LIGHT-GRAY-WEATHERING BLACK SILTSTONE. BLACK CHERT BEDS ARE- ALSO PRESENT IN THE FORMATION. THE SILTSTONE IS CALCAREOUS AN-D IS CUT BY NARROW (1MM) WHITE CALCITE VEINLETS.
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS BULLDOZER TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): HR.AGE.MV: BLACK SHALE, SILTSTONE, CHERT
Comment (Deposit): BLACK SHALE DEPOSIT RICH IN VANADIUM AND ZINC, ALSO CONTAINS COPPER, SILVER, NICKEL, BARIUM. METAL CONCENTRATIONS OCCUR IN A STRATIGRAPHIC ZONE ABOUT 35 FEET THICK THAT HAS BEEN TRACED FOR 1000 FEET ALONG STRIKE. ONE MILLION TONS ESTIMATED PRESENT WITHIN 500 FEET OF SURFACE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): FISCHER, R. P., (1964) IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 65
Reference (Deposit): ERICKSON, R. L., AND S. P. MARSH (1974) GEOL. MAP, IRON POINT QUAD.; U.S.G.S., G. Q. 1175
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 23 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985
Reference (Reserve-Resource): FISCHER, R. P., 1964
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.
