Piute Prospect Sec 24

The Piute Prospect Sec 24 is a iron mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,999 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Piute Prospect Sec 24

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Wild Horse District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Fe

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 32.17% TOTAL FE, 31% MAGNETIC FE, 0.14% P, 0.11%

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT WAS FOUND IN 1952 AS A RESULT OF DIP-NEEDLE PROSPECTING. THE AREA WAS SURVEYED WITH MAGNETOMETER SHOWING TWO LARGE ANOMALIES WHERE 2 DRILL HOLES WERE DUG (PIUTE SEC 24 AND PIUTE SEC. 26) BOTH THROUGH THE SAME DEPOSIT. ORE BODY CANNOT BE ONOMICALLY MINED BY OPEN-PIT METHODS. SELECTIVE UNDERGROUND MINING WOULD ALLOW PRODUCTION OF ONE TON OF PELLETS FROM MINING ABOUT 2 TONS OF ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZED HORIZON IN PIUTE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCKS. THIS IS OVERLAIN BY TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS AND SANDY ALLUVIUM. THE HOST ROCK DOES NOT CROP OUT NEAR THE PROPERTY. HOLE WAS DRILLED IN CENTER OF AN ANOMALY AND CUT THROUGH MUCH BRECCIATED ROCK. MAGNETITE OCCURS AS SOLID MASSIVE REPLACEMENTS AND AS IRREGULAR STRINGERS, BLEBS, AND DISSEMINATED GRAINS.

Comment (Workings): TWO DRILL HOLES.

Comment (Deposit): THE MINERALIZED HORIZON IN THE PIUTE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCKS. THIS IS OVERLAIN BY TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS AND SANDY ALLUVIUM. THE HOST ROCK DOES NOT CROP OUT NEAR THE PROPERTY. HOLE WAS DRILLED IN CENTER OF AN ANOMALY AND CUT THROUGH MUCH BRECCIATED ROCK. MAGNETITE OCCURS AS SOLID MASSIVE REPLACEMENTS AND AS IRREGULAR STRINGERS, BLEBS, AND DISSEMINATED GRAINS.

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 24

Comment (Development): DEPOSIT WAS FOUND IN 1952 AS A RESULT OF DIP-NEEDLE PROSPECTING. THE AREA WAS SURVEYED WITH A MAGNETOMETER SHOWING 2 LARGE ANOMALIES WHERE 2 DRILL HOLES WERE EMPLACED.

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-61; V.1, SOUTHERN PACIC COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO, P.19.

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, 1971, CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON RESOURCES AND ORE MARKETS; USBM IC 8511, P. 163-165.

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.