The Iron Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.08722, -114.62000
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Iron Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Mine
Secondary: Iron Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Day-Bristol Consolidated
Years: 1916 -
Owner Name: Lessees In 1924. J. A. Nesbit, Lessee
Years: 1916 -
Production
Year: 1914
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.012 Oz Au, 11.81 Oz Ag, 27.26 % Pb/Ton, 1.62% Cu, 11% Zn, 14%Fe
Year: 1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^2.7 Oz Ag, 2.8% Pb/Ton, 28.8 % Zn
Year: 1913
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.012 Oz Au, 16.3 Oz Ag, 16% Pb/Ton, 2% Cu, 13% Zn, 5.6% Fe, 1.4% Mn
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.012 Oz Au, 8.8 Oz Ag, 23.25% Pb/Ton, 0.75% Cu, 6.05% Zn, 13.7% Fe
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1913 ABOUT 55 TONS OF ORE WERE BEING SHIPPED MONTHLY
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ON THE IRON FISSURE. ORE IS SOFT IRON-STAINED LEAD CARBONATE WITH LOWER-GRADE ORE CONTAINING MUCH UNREPLACED LIMESTONE. A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF HIGH GRADE SORTED ORE ON DUMP CONSISTED OF HARD MASSIVE CERUSSITE. IN THIS ORE, ROUNDED RESIDUAL KERNELS OF GALENA ARE SURROUNDED BY LAYERS OF ANGLESITE AND CERUSSITE. A MINOR AMOUNT OF COPPER CARBONATE IS PRESENT IN SOME ORE, AND THIN FILMS OF SILCIA HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN OPENINGS ANG CREVICES OF THE ORE. ORE WAS IN HANGING AND FOOT WALLS OF THE FISSURE.
Comment (Workings): WORKING CONSIST OF 3 SHAFTS AND 2 SHALLOW CUTS 200 YD S OF THE SHAFT, WITH SMALL STOPES AT ONE END. 4 LEVELS ABOUT 90 FT APART IN SHAFT, ORE STOPED TO SURFACE. LONGEST DRIFTS TOTAL 165 FT ON 200 LEVEL
Comment (Geology): HANGING WALL OF FISSURE IS IN LIMESTONE AND FOOTWALL IS IN MARBLE
Comment (Location): AREA UNSURVEYED. ABOUT 2700 FT NW OF THE GYPSY SHAFT
Comment (Production): SHIPMENTS WERE BEING MADE ABOUT ONCE A MONTH IN 1924.
References
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G. & KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DIST., NEV., USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 171, P. 71
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE175, ITEM 6
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEMS 20,21
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, USGS BULL 648, P. 134
Reference (Production): NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6; NBMG OPEN FILE 171, ITEM 20
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.
