The Heizer is a mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,301 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: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.0425, -118.14640
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Heizer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Heizer
Secondary: Segerstrom-Heizer
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mineral Basin District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Fee Ownership
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Southern Pacific Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Segerstrom, C. H. And Heizer, J. M.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1898
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
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: Apatite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Hornblende
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Marcasite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Scapolite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Actinolite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE RE, 1969, USGS GEOL. QUAD.MAP GQ-821, SCALE 1:62,500
Reference (Deposit): TATLOCK DB, 1969, NEVADA BUR MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE MAP
Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON EL, 1952, PRIVATE REPORT, JANUARY, 19P, 9 MAPS
Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON EL, 1951, PRIVATE RPT.JANUARY, 13 P.
Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON EL, 1958, PRIVATE RPT.JUNE 8P, 2MAPS
Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON EL, 1954, PRIVATE RPT.,MARCH 3P, 1 MAP
Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON EL, 1958, PRIVATE REPORT, MARCH, 7P, 1 MAP
Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON EL, 1954, PRIVATE REPORT, MARCH, 10 P, 1 MAP
Reference (Deposit): REEVES RG & KRAL VE, 1955, NEV.BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL 53, P
Reference (Deposit): MOORE L, 1971, USBM IC 8511,P159-62 AND 162-3
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN FC, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS & MINERAL RESOURCES OF NE
Reference (Deposit): KRAL VE, 1947, USBM RI 4025, 8P
Reference (Deposit): USBM RPT OF INVEST 4025, 1947, P 1-8
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, P 68, 69, 72, PL 2A
Reference (Deposit): MAP-1968,USGS AEROMAG. MAP OF UNIONVILLE REGION,NEV.BUR.MINS
Reference (Deposit): MAP-1954, USGS BUFFALO MT. 15 MINUTE TOPOGRAPHIC QUAD MAP
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.
