Fe Prospect #2

The Fe Prospect #2 is a iron mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

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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

Name: Fe Prospect #2  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation:

Commodity: Iron

Lat, Long: 40.02139, -119.95778

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Fe Prospect #2 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Fe Prospect #2


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: LENSES


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): CUT EXPOSES SUGARY-TEXTURED WELDED TUFF IN ITS NORTH END, SCHISTOSE METASEDIMENTARY ROCK IN ITS SOUTH END. A SMALL PIT ABOUT 20 FT SE OF THE S END OF THE CUT EXPOSES LENSES OF QUARTZ-HEMATITE-MAGNETITE FORMED WITHIN THE METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. THE LENSES STRIKE N 20 W , DIP 40 SW. ONE LENS IS EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 5 FT OF THICKNESS IN THE PIT, ANOTHER IS EXPOSED FOR 1-2 FT OF THICKNESS. LENSES ARE MOSTLY MASSIVE HEMATITE AND ARE CONFORMABLE TO BEDDING IN THE METASEDIMENTARY ROCK. WALL ROCKS NEAR THE PIT ARE CUT BY QUARTZ-EPIDOTE VEINLETS AND CLOTS OF MASSIVE, FINE-GRAINED EPIDOTE WITHIN THE ROCK.

Comment (Workings): ONE LONG CUT DOWN THE NOSE OF A RIDGE, 2 SMALL PITS.


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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.