The Unnamed Iron Prospect is a iron mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Iron Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Iron Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Eastgate 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Normal Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON WEST SLOPE OF DESATOYA MTS., ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF CARROLL SUMMIT. (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): BULLDOZER TRENCHES
Comment (Deposit): SMALL ZONE
Comment (Geology): THE MAGNETITE-HEMATITE ORE OCCURS IN THE METAVOLCANIC ROCKS NEAR THE CONTACTS OF A BIOTITE-QUARTZ DIORITE
References
Reference (Deposit): MILS, 1979, U.S.B.M.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NV; N.B.M.G. 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.
