The Ore Body Names: is a iron mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,685 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,685 Feet (1,428 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.9403, -119.05080
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Ore Body Names: MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ore Body Names:
Secondary: East Deposit
Secondary: Pumpkin Hollow
Secondary: Lyon Copper/Iron Deposits
Secondary: Lyon Claims
Secondary: Northwest Deposit
Secondary: North Deposit
Secondary: South Deposit
Secondary: E-2 Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Unorganized District
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Plexus Resources Co. (Lessee) Salt Lake City, Utah
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1984
Owner Name: Prince Consolidated Mining Co
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1984
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1960
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Tremolite
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Diopside
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Actinolite
Unknown: Hedenbergite
Comments
Comment (Names): OTHER NAME: LYON CLAIMS. OPERATOR: ANACONDA
Comment (Production): NO PAST PRODUCTION.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): GOLD AND SILVER ARE PRESENT, POSSIBLY RECOVERABLE. M1C1 = SOUTH DEPOSIT. M2C1 = SOUTHEAST DEPOSIT. M2C2 = SOUTHEAST DEPOSIT, HIGH COPPER MATERIAL. M3C1 = NORTH DEPOSIT. M4C1 = NORTHWEST DEPOSIT. M5C1 = EAST DEPOSIT. M5C2 = EAST DEPOSIT, 0.5% COPPER CUTOFF. M5C3 = EAST DEPOSIT, 0.4% COPPER CUTOFF. M5C4 = EAST DEPOSIT, 0.3% COPPER CUTOFF. M5C5 = EAST DEPOSIT, HIGH IRON M5C1R1 = 44,000,000 METRIC TONS = MEASURED RESERVE. 130,000,000 METRIC TONS = INDICATED RESERVE. M5C1R2 = 174,000,000 METRIC TONS = DEMONSTRATED RESOURCE. M5C1R2 = ASAAY: 33% FE, 0.14% CU.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PUMPKIN HOLLOW IS 6 DISCRETE ORE BODIES. THE PUBLISHED RESOURCE IS A NEWSPAPER ITEM FROM 1969. SUBSEQUENT WORK BY THE OWNER HAS INCREASED THE RESOURCE SIGNIFICANTLY.
Comment (Geology): GEOMETRY OF ORE ALSO CONTROLLED BY FAULTING. GENERAL STRIKE AND DIP IS NE: NW.
Comment (Deposit): OWNER REFERS TO PROPERTY AS THE LYON DEPOSITS OR THE LYON COPPER/IRON DEPOSITS. THE PLANT CAPACITY WAS 9000000 MTPY. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF SIX MINERALIZED AREAS SOUTH DEPOSIT SOUTHEAST DEPOSIT NORTH DEPOSIT NORTHWEST DEPOSIT EAST DEPOSIT EAST EXTENSION MINERALIZED TREND. THE OWNER IS NOT, AT PRESENT (1981), PLANNING A MINING OPERATION. DRILLING IS ONGOING (1981). SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST DEPOSITS CAN BE MINED OPEN PIT OTHER DEPOSITS WOULD REQUIRE UNDERGROUND METHODS.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): GIN, T. T., 1981, LYON COPPER/IRON DEPOSITS, LYON COUNTY,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEVADA; U.S. STEEL CORP., 12 PP.
Reference (Deposit): SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV, MAR. 25-28, 1984,
Reference (Deposit): PP. FT2 27-35.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS,
Reference (Deposit): AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.
Reference (Deposit): BULL. 75, 1969, 45 PP.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, L. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON
Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS. BUMINES IC 8511, 1971,
Reference (Deposit): 1971, 207 PP.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, M. R. THE PUMPKIN HOLLOW MAGNESIAN IRON-COPPER
Reference (Deposit): SKARN, FIELD TRIP 10, SKARN DEPOSITS. EXPLORATION FOR ORE
Reference (Deposit): FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA FIELD
Reference (Deposit): TRIP GUIDEBOOK, ED. BY J. L. JOHNSON. SYMP. OF ASSOC.
Reference (Deposit): EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV, MAR. 25-28, 1984, P. 41-42.
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, C., AND J. A. CARPENTER. MINERAL RESOURCES OF
Reference (Deposit): STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.
Reference (Deposit): BULL. 49, 1950, P. 89.
Reference (Deposit): WALL STREET JOURNAL (NEW YORK). U.S. STEEL CONFIRMS IRON
Reference (Deposit): AND COPPER FINDS IN NEVADA, SEES STEEL PRICE RISE IN 1970.
Reference (Deposit): DEC. 19, 1969, P. 6.
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.
