Dayton Iron Deposits

The Dayton Iron Deposits is a iron mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,495 feet.

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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

Name: Dayton Iron Deposits

State: Nevada

County: Lyon

Elevation: 4,495 Feet (1,370 Meters)

Commodity: Iron

Lat, Long: 39.3656, -119.44920

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Dayton Iron Deposits MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Dayton Iron Deposits
Secondary: Dayton Iron Deposits
Secondary: Rosetta Mine

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Red Mountain 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: Fee Ownership
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Utah International, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1956

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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: Pyrite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Production): DEPOSIT HAS NOT PRODUCED.

Comment (Location): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964, P. 17) REPORTS ORE BODIES IN THE SE/4 NE/4 AND E/2 SE/4 SEC. 1, T. 17 N., R. 22 E., AND IN THE SW/4 SEC, 31, T. 18 N., R4. 23 E. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE REPORTED IN THE W/2 SEC. 6, T. 17 N., R. 23 E., AND SHOWN ON THE MISFITS FLAT 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP. UNDOUBTEDLY, THE CLAIMS ARE ALSO IN STOREY COUNTY TO THE WEST, BUT THE MAIN PORTIONS AS REPORTED, ARE IN LYON COUNTY. THE PLANT CAPACITY WAS 2030000 MTPY.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MEASURED CATEGORY DEFINES THE DEPOSIT. SULFUR AND PHOSPHOROUS ASSAYS ESTIMATED IN-HOUSE. M1C1 = R1

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MEASURED CATEGORY DEFINES THE DEPOSIT.

References

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. BULL. 49, 1950, P. 89.

Reference (Deposit): OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, C., AND J. A. CARPENTER. MINERAL RESOURCES

Reference (Deposit): VOL. I - NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, PP. 17.

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY,

Reference (Deposit): REP. 13, PT. A, 1966, PP. 125-142.

Reference (Deposit): SPARKS, NV, MAY 5-7, 1965. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON,

Reference (Deposit): RI 4561, 1949, 34 PP.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSIT, LYON AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA. BUREAU OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): PP. 455-480.

Reference (Deposit): GEEHAM, R. W. INVESTIGATION OF THE DAYTON IRON

Reference (Deposit): AND PROBLEMS, 1980 EDITION. BUREAU OF MINES B 671, 1981

Reference (Deposit): DESY, D. H. IRON AND STEEL. CH. IN MINERAL FACTS

Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, L. E., AND R. Y. ASHIZAWA. THE MINERAL

Reference (Reserve-Resource): IC 8511, 1971, 207 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS. BUMINES

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MOORE, L. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): AIME PACIFIC SOUTHWEST MINERAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE,

Reference (Deposit): STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, IN PAPERS PRES. AT SOC. MIN. ENG.

Reference (Deposit): ROYLANCE, J. G. THE DAYTON IRON DEPOSITS, LYON AND

Reference (Deposit): SURVEY. BUMINES IC 8574, 1973, 177 PP.

Reference (Deposit): RENO, H. T., AND F. E. BRANTLEY. IRON -- A MATERIALS

Reference (Deposit): 1958, 97 PP.

Reference (Deposit): WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 53,

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. PART B, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. BULL. 75, 1969, 45 PP.

Reference (Deposit): REEVES, R. G., F. R. SHAWE, AND V. E. KRAL. IRON ORE

Reference (Deposit): PP. 433-453.

Reference (Deposit): PROBLEMS, 1980 EDITION. BUMINES B 671, 1981,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 953-964.

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, E. C. IRON ORE. CH. IN MINERAL FACTS AND

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V. 67, NO. 7, 1972,

Reference (Deposit): OHLE, E. L. EVALUATION OF IRON ORE DEPOSITS. ECON.

Reference (Deposit): BOOK, 1964, V. 3, PP. 641-662.

Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRY OF NEVADA. CH. IN BUMINES MINERALS YEAR-

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINERALS REPORT 213, 1944, 19 PP.

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.