The Clipper Canyon Prospect is a iron mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 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
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 39.81944, -118.20583
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Clipper Canyon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clipper Canyon Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: White Cloud
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE ORE IS MOSTLY FAIR-GRADE IRON ORE RUNNING ABOUT 60% IRON AND 2% COPPER, AND IT CONTAINS A LITTLE GOLD. THE IRON ORE MINERALS ARE MAGDETITE AND HEMATITE. DRILL HOLES REACHED AN OXIDIZED MINERALIZED ZONE AT 160 FEET IN ONE LOCATION, AT ANOTHER LOCATION A SULFIDE ZONE WAS REACHED AT 145 FEET. THE PROSPECT OCCURS ON THE CONTACT OF DIORITE FORMING THE FOOTWALL ON THE NORTH AND TRIASSIC QUARTZITE FORMING THE HANGING WALL ON THE SOUTH
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947: NBMG FILE
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.
