Ore Body Names:

The Ore Body Names: is a iron mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,685 feet.

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Mine Info

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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.