American Ore Co. Mine North

The American Ore Co. Mine North is a iron mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,219 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: American Ore Co. Mine North

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mineral Basin 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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Parker Brothers Construction Co.

Owner Name: American Ore Co.
Years: 1955 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Fe

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Faults In Area

Type: L
Description: Postmineral Faults; Fissure Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Scapolitized

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Development): BRATTON AND BLAIR LEASED PROPERTY AND PRODUCED ORE FOR SHIP BALLAST IN 1943. AMERICAN ORE CO. PURCHASED PROPERTY IN 1950 AND FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY IN EXPLORATION AND SOME PRODUCTION LEASED IT TO PARKER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO. IN 1952. NO ACTIVITY IN 1985

Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN NARROW VEINS AND SMALL REPLACEMENT BODIES.POSTMINERAL FAULTS BROKE AND OFFSET LENSES OF MAGNETITE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT 40 FT DEEP AND 700 FT LONG.

Comment (Geology): ORE IS IN NARROW VEINS AND SMALL REPLACEMENT BODIES. POSTMINERAL FAULTS BROKE AND OFFSET LENSES OF MAGNETITE.

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY LOCATED BY MARKER, LYLE AND STOKER WHO LEASED PROPERTY TO BRATTON AND BLAIR. THEY PRODUCED ORE FOR SHIP BALLAST IN 1943. AMERICAN ORE CO. PURCHASED PROPERTY IN 1950 AND FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY EXPLORATION AND SOME PRODUCTION LEASED IT TO PARKER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO. IN 1952. WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT 40 FT. DEEP AND 700 FT. LONG. AREA IS COVERED BY 2 TO 10 FEET OF LAKE LAHONTAN SEDIMENTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN 1952 BY PARKER BROS; IN 1943 FOR SHIP BALLAST

Comment (Location): NORTH CENTRAL PART OF SEC. 32; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BUFFALO MOUNTAIN (1954) 1:625000

References

Reference (Deposit): REEVES AND KRAL, 1955, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; PART A, GEOLOGY AND IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUENA VISTA HILLS, CHURCHILL AND PERSHING COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 53

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., 18 JUL 85, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, 77

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

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

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.