The Izenhood Ranch Area Tin Prospect is a mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,721 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: 4,721 Feet (1,439 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.9644, -116.88280
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Izenhood Ranch Area Tin Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Izenhood Ranch Area Tin Prospect
Secondary: Izenhood Ranch Area Ttn Prospect
Secondary: Gamble Tin Lode Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Izenhood
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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: Located Claim
Type: Fee Ownership
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Percent: 60.00
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Southern Pacific Railroad
Percent: 40.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
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
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Opal
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Ownership): DOMAIN IS MIXED WITH ODD SECTIONS OWNED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR, BA
References
Reference (Deposit): BENSON WT 1946, PRELIM. RPT. GAMBLE TIN PROSPECT USBM
Reference (Deposit): RICKER SPANGLER 1941, PRELIM. RPT.MRS. R.GAMBLE TIN PROS. US
Reference (Deposit): WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 72.1
Reference (Deposit): WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 64.5
Reference (Deposit): KILLEEN PL & NEWMAN WL 1965, TIN IN US, USGS MR 44
Reference (Deposit): FRIES CARL JR., 1942, TIN DEPOSITS NORTH. LANDER CO. USGS BU
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG WO 1939, RECON MINING DIST LANDER CO. USBM IC 704
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF ADOLPH 1916, WOOD TIN IN TERTIARY RHYOLITES,ECON GLG.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 88, 1977, P. 82
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.
