The Iron Rail Group is a lead, zinc, copper, and manganese mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,851 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,851 Feet (2,393 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.70917, -117.57361
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Iron Rail Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Rail Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Cadmium
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Cloverdale District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: Merrit, Nate
Home Office: Silver Peak, Nevada
Years: 1965 -
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: Well Developed Gossan Along The Vein.
Rocks
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 70 PPM AG, 20,000 PPM PB, 10,000 PPM ZN, 10,000 PPM CU, 150 PPM CD, 150 PPM SB, 700 PPM AS, 2,000 PPM BA, 2,000 PPM MN.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP & RANGE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR SHAFTS AND ONE ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS
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.
