The American Ore Co. Mine South is a iron mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,482 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 40.03111, -118.15389
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American Ore Co. Mine South MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Ore Co. Mine South
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2585
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
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: American Ore Co.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Consolidated Mineral Corp
Years: 1959 - 1962
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
Model Name: Skarn Fe
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO LENTICULAR
Form: TABULAR TO LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Gabbro Is Part Of A Major Lopolithic Body With Intrusive And Extrusive Phases
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2585, DUMP SELECT OF GABBRO WITH SCAPOLITE, CHLORITE AND MAGNETITE
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Scapolite
Gangue: Apatite
Comments
Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY AMERICAN ORE CO IN 1950 AND LEASED IN 1959 TO CONSOLIDATED MINERALS CORP, WHO PRODUCED ORE IN 1959-1962. DISCOVERY OF LARGE HIGH-GRADE IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA IN THE 1960'S ESSENTIALLY REMOVED THE MAIN EXPORT MARKETS FOR NEVADA IRON ORE, WHICH LED TO THE CLOSURE OF THIS AND OTHER MINES BY 1970. DISTRICT WAS IDLE IN 1985. SMALL RESERVES.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): DIRECT SHIPPING ORE AND CONCENTRATES PRODUCED BY CONSOLIDATED MINERALS CORP.
Comment (Deposit): MAGNETITE IS FOUND IN STEEPLY-DIPPING SUB PARALLEL VEINS UP TO 4 METERS WIDE. SOME MAGNETITE IS LOCALIZED IN A FISSURE WHICH INTERSECTS A VEIN. SOME DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE IN WALLROCK ADJACENT TO VEINS. LENSES OF ORE 1-3 FT WIDE. IRON ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH DEUTERIC ALTERATION OF THE LOPOLITHIC MAFIC IGNEOUS COMPLEX.
Comment (Workings): 2 OPEN PITS; NORTH PIT 250 FT LONG, 25 FT WIDE, AND 60 FT DEEP; SOUTH PIT 300 FT LONG. 70 FT WIDE AND 60 FT DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, P. 72
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, LYMAN, 1971, USBM I C 8511
Reference (Deposit): REEVES, R.G. AND KRAL, V.E., 1955, NBMG BULL 53
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 18 JUL 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, P. 72.
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.
