Bessemer Mine

The Bessemer Mine is a iron mine located in Carson City county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bessemer Mine
Secondary: Brunswick Canyon
Secondary: Iron King Nbmg # 3712

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Delaware

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: Past Producer
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: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): SHIPMENTS IN 1907,1919-20, 1944 AND 1953. ; ECON.COM: SHIPPED LESS THAN 1000 TONS IN 1953.

Comment (Workings): TRIAL SHIPMENTS MADE IN 1907; ORE SHIPMENTS MADE IN 1919-20, 1944; CONTINENTAL NEVADA IRON MINING CO HAD PROPERTY IN 1953 & SHIPPED LESS THAN 1000 TONS OF ORE (PART OF THIS WAS REJECTED BECAUSE OF LOW IRON-HIGH SILICA CONTENT). ORE OCCURS AT A BEND IN A SE TRENDING FAULT ZONE AT ITS JUNCTION WITH A BRANCH FAULT THAT TRENDS EAST. ORE IS IN THE FORM OF A LENTICULAR CHIMNEY 10' X 60', THAT RAKES STEEPLY NORTH. OPEN PITS AND PROSPECTS

Comment (Geology): VEIN HAS BEEN LEFT IN PLACE BOUNDED BY QUARTZITE BRECCIA. A SAMPLE WAS TAKEN OF THE MASSIVE VEIN AND PORTIONS OF THE BRECCIA. THE MAIN VEIN IS MASSIVE MAGNETITE,BUT WITH CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SILICA ALONG THE BOUNDARY.

Comment (Deposit): JACK QUADE STATED " MY BRUNTON WOULDN'T WORK- TOO MUCH MAGNETITE !"!!!!!!!!!!! ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): REEVES, RG, KRAL, VE, "& SHAWE, FR" IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST CENTRAL NEVADA, NEV B OF MINES & GEOL, BULL 53-B, 1958

Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, TD, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY & WASHOE CO, NBMG BULL 46, 1947

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, JG, GEOL & MIN DEP OF LYON, DOUGLAS & ORMSBY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 75, 1969

Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, EC GEOL MAP, NEW EMPIRE QUAD, NBMG MAP 59, 1977

Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5 -24-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

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.