The North Group is a iron mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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North Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Group
Secondary: Group No. 3 Or Iron Mountain Group of the Buena Vista Co. Iron
Secondary: Deposits
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Copper Kettle Group
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: John T. Reid (Mostly)
Years: 1947 -
Production
Year: 1911
Time Period: About 1911
Material type: FE ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Av. 66.87% Fe
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1898
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Fe
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS ARE CRUDELY BEDDED. FOOTWALL ROCK, FOR AT LEAST 200 FT. BACK FROM THE LODE IS SPECKLED AUGITE- DIORITE HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED AND TRAVERSED BY LATE MAGNETITE VEINLETS
Comment (Commodity): SOME OF THE HORNBLENDE AND IRON ORE APPEAR TO BE ALTERATION PRODUCTS FROM THE AUGITE. ORE IS CHIEFLY MEDIUM-GRAINED MASSIVE MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE
Comment (Production): TEST SHIPMENT OF S0 TONS ORE
Comment (Development): 16 OR MORE CLAIMS COVERING 2 MILES EAST-WEST, AND ABOUT A MILE N-S. ASSESSMENT WORK WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY IN 1898 AND ABOUT 19118 A LOT OF SURFACE DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE WITH A TEST STHIPMENT OF SO TONS ORE MINED WITH 100 TONS PUT ON THE DUMP AT IRON MOUNTAIN. TEST MATERIAL AVERAGED 66.87% FE; 2.24%S.0Z; 0.011%P; 071%MN; AND 0.668% S.
Comment (Location): 2 MILES NORTH OF THE MOUTH OF COPPER KETTLE CANYON IN THE WESTERN SLOPE(THIS MAYENCOMPASS THE AREA OF THE LATER BUENA VISTA MINE, DESCRIBED IN THE MINERAL BASINDISTRICT) . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, P. 314
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C.,(1947) P.313
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947; REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT.RESV
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.
