The Engle-Stouder Prospect is a iron mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.95944, -117.81000
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Engle-Stouder Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Engle-Stouder Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Ellsworth District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Engle, Charles T. And Doane, Albert M.
Home Office: 1315 North Gordon Drive, Hollywood 28, Ca
Years: 1951 -
Owner Name: Stanard, Mrs. Wanda Engle
Home Office: 45 Lawrence Place, Ashville, N.C.
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Paradise Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Fe
Orebody
Form: SMALL LENSES, NARROW VEINS, VEINLETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Principal Shear Zone Is 400 Ft Long And 100 Ft Wide Faults And Folds Trending Nw Common In Mesozoic And Older Strata In This Area.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1961-1962.
Comment (Geology): THE METAVOLCANIC ROCK IS DARK GRAY-GREEN AND FINE-GRAINED WITH VISIBLE GARNET, EPIDOTE AND QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Production): KLEINHAMPL AND ZIONY
Reference (Deposit): REEVES, R.G., AND OTHERS 1958, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PART B-IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 53, P. 68
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.
