The Fe Prospect #1 is a iron mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Fe Prospect #1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fe Prospect #1
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: State Line Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyroxene
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): EVIDENCE OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF HAND-DIGGING AT THE TWO CUTS, BUT NO MAJOR WORK HAS TAKEN PLACE ON THIS PROPERTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
Comment (Deposit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
Comment (Workings): ADIT DRIVEN 40-50 FT LONG SW TO INTERSECT VEIN EXPOSED IN CUT. CUT ON SLOPE EAST OF ADIT, SEVERAL ROAD CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 SCALE MAP AREA.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70, PL. 1.
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.
