Frenchie Creek Prospect

The Frenchie Creek Prospect is a iron mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Frenchie Creek Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Modarelli-Frenchie Creek 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1951
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Volcanic-hosted magnetite

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Volcanics Silicified, Kaolinized, & Brecciated Near Orebodies

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SEE SHAWE, ET AL (1962) P. 101

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Geology): MAGNETITE LOCALIZED ALONG SHEAR ZONES THAT STRIKE N65E, DIP 75N IN ANDESITE AND LATITE TUFF. THE IRON WAS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM DEUTERICALLY ALTERRED LOWER CRET. PLUTONIC ROCK, AND TRANSPORTED AS HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS. (MUFFLER, L. J.). MOST OF EXPOSED ROCK IS A BRECCIATED TUFF CEMENTED AND PARTIALLY REPLACED BY MAGNETITE. PRINCIPAL IRON MINERALIZATION PROBABLY RELATED TO THAT AT THE BARTH & MODARELLI DEPOSITS.

Comment (Development): AREA OF IRON ORE DEPOSITS EXTENDS UP EAST SIDE OF CANYON FOR 1000 FT. IN ELEVATION CHANGE. GROUND MAGNETICS WAS USED TO MAP THE DEPOSIT, BY E. L. STEPHENSON IN 1951.

Comment (Deposit): MAGNETITE LOCALIZED ALONG SHEAR ZONES IN COLVANICS

Comment (Deposit): THE AREA OF IRON ORE DEPOSITS EXTENDS FROM CANYON BOTTOM UP THE EAST SIDE OF THE CANYON FOR OVER 1000 FEET IN VERTICAL ELEVATION. GROUND MAGNETICS WAS USED TO MAP THE DEPOSIT BY E. L. STEPHENSON-GEOPHYSICIST IN 1951 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 64

Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 83, REFERENCE NO. 3201100161

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, P. 92

Reference (Deposit): MUFFLER, L. J., (1964) GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCHIE CREEK QUADRANGLE, NEV., USGS BULL 1179

Reference (Deposit): SHAWE, F. R., REEVES, R. G., KRAL, V. E. (1962) IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PART C., N.B.M. BULL. 53

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.