Southeast Section 29

The Southeast Section 29 is a iron mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,199 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Southeast Section 29

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mineral Basin 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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Fe

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Limonite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Location): UTM APPROXIMATE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BUFFALO MOUNTAIN (1954) 1:625000

Comment (Production): 25,000 TONS (INCLUDED WITH THOMAS & SECTION 29 MINES

Comment (Development): INACTIVE IN 1985

Comment (Deposit): TABULAR MAGNETITE BODIES, WITH MINOR HEMATITE, DISTRIBUTED IN VEINS OVER A 1200 BY 600 FT AREA. A MAGNETIC ANOMALY ABOUT 500 FT. LONG AND 250 FT WIDE WAS FOUND IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.

Comment (Workings): OPEN PITS AND TREDTRES, ALL WORK WITHIN 30 FT OF THE SURFACE

Comment (Geology): TABULAR MAGNETITE BODIES, WITH MINOR HEMATITE, DISTRIBUTED IN VEINS OVER A 1200 BY 600 FOOT AREA. A MAGNETIC ANOMALY ABOUT 500 FEET LONG AND 250 FEET WIDE WAS FOUND IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF OPEN PIT AND TRENCHES, ALL WORK WITHIN 30 FEET OF THE SURFACE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

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

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, 1977

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

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

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.