The Iron Mine Stockpile is a iron mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Iron Mine Stockpile MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Mine Stockpile
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Mineral Basin 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
Owner Name: Wilson Co., Art
Home Office: P.O. Box 1160, Carson City Nevada 89701
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: Skarn Fe
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Development): LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN-PIT IRON MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS
Comment (Location): REFERENCE LISTS LOCATION AS T 24 N, R. 33E, SEC. 4; BUT T 24 N, R. 34E, SEC 4. WOULD BE MORELIKELY FROM THE AREA GEOLOGY. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR, 1980
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.
