The Owens Iron Deposit is a iron mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Owens Iron Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Owens Iron Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Wilson 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
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER CUTS, HAND-DUG-TRENCHES, SHORT ADIT
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS THAT ATTAIN A WIDTH OF 2 TO 4 FEET & CAN BE TRACED ON THE SURFACE FOR MORE THAN 300 FEET.
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS EXPLORED BY BULLDIZER CUTS AND HAND TRENCHES PARALLEL TO AND ACROSS THE VEINS, AND BY A SHORT ADIT BELOW THEM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75
Reference (Deposit): REEVES, SHAWE & KRAL, 1958, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 53-B
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.
