The Irish Mountain Manganese Deposits is a manganese mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Irish Mountain Manganese Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Irish Mountain Manganese Deposits
Secondary: Brownlow and Gentry Property
Secondary: Gentry Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pahranagat 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: W. H. Brownlow And A. H. Gentry
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
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: TABULAR, BEDDED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Cut By Fissures, Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE OVER 6 FT WIDTH ASSAYED 10% MN, 3.08% FE, 0.036% P, 36.82% INSOL.
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 15 MILES NW FROM CRYSTAL SPRINGS; NEAR SOUTH PAW MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): A FEW TRENCHES
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLE OF MN OXIDE IN A FAULT FISSURE ON BROWNLOW PROPERTY. SOME FISSURES ARE FILLED WITH MN OXIDES AS WELL AS CALCITE AND QUARTZ. SOMEINDICATIONS OF BEDDED DEPOSITS ARE NOTED.
References
Reference (Deposit): TSHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 155.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 176, ITEM 6. 1941
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.
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.
