The Modarelli Mine is a iron mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,781 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,781 Feet (2,067 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 40.3664, -116.26220
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Modarelli Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Modarelli Mine
Secondary: Requa Mine
Secondary: Simplot Mine
Secondary: Amarilla Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Modarelli-Frenchie Creek 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: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: J. R. Simplot Co.
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1981
Owner Name: Linda And Vincent Modarelli
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1981
Production
Year: 1959
Description: Crude Production 11400 Metric Tons Ore/Year
Year: 1956
Description: Crude Production 20539 Metric Tons Ore/Year
Year: 1955
Description: Crude Production 92816 Metric Tons Ore/Year
Year: 1952
Description: Crude Production 172041 Metric Tons Ore/Year
Year: 1951
Description: Crude Production 94943 Metric Tons Ore/Year
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1903
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: Magnetite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Apatite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 39 KM S OF CARLIN GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM
Comment (Reserve-Resource): OPERATOR: SIMPLOT MINING CO. OTHER NAMES: AMARILLA DEPOSIT, REQUA MINE, SIMPLOT MINE.
Comment (Production): PAST PRODUCTION: 406000 T MINED FROM 1951-1959.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINERALS, MARCH 1979, PP. 61-63, 65, 67-69, 71-73.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, G. K., 1979, IRON ORE PELLETIZATION. INDUSTRIAL
Reference (Geology): SURVEY BULLETIN 1179, 99 PP.
Reference (Geology): CREEK QUADRANGLE NORTH-CENTRAL NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL
Reference (Geology): MUFFLER, L.J. PATRICK, 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCHIE
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.
