The Unnamed Iron Prospect is a iron mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 40.03, -118.39306
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Unnamed Iron Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Iron Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Wild Horse 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Fe
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION APPROXIMATE; 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1956 EDITION
Comment (Development): PART OF THE TULE DEPOSITS(?)
Comment (Deposit): PART OF THE TULE DEPOSIT? DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE AND PYRITE OCCUR NEAR A DIORITE STOCK IN CALCAROUS METASEDIMENTS CAPPED BY SHALLOW GOSSAN TO 20' THICK.
Comment (Geology): DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE AND PYRITE OCCUR NEAR DIORITE STOCK IN CALCAREOUS METASEDIMENTS CAPPEDY SHALLOW GOSSAN TO 20' THICK
Comment (Deposit): PART OF THE TULE DEPOSIT (?) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UT-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961, V.I., SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISO, P.19
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.
