The Oas Iron Mine is a mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.9292, -118.04860
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Oas Iron Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oas Iron Mine
Secondary: Oas No. 1-5 Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Minerals Only
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: P. E. Lewis,Viola A. Lewis, Vl Oas
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): REPORT ON FIVE LODE CLAIMS COMPRISING THE OAS IRON MINE 24P,
Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON EL, 1972, MAP OF OAS IRON CLAIM GROUP
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.
