American Ore Co. Mine South

The American Ore Co. Mine South is a iron mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,482 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: American Ore Co. Mine South
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2585

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mineral Basin District

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

Owner Name: American Ore Co.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Consolidated Mineral Corp
Years: 1959 - 1962

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 TO LENTICULAR

Form: TABULAR TO LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Gabbro Is Part Of A Major Lopolithic Body With Intrusive And Extrusive Phases

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2585, DUMP SELECT OF GABBRO WITH SCAPOLITE, CHLORITE AND MAGNETITE

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Scapolite
Gangue: Apatite

Comments

Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY AMERICAN ORE CO IN 1950 AND LEASED IN 1959 TO CONSOLIDATED MINERALS CORP, WHO PRODUCED ORE IN 1959-1962. DISCOVERY OF LARGE HIGH-GRADE IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA IN THE 1960'S ESSENTIALLY REMOVED THE MAIN EXPORT MARKETS FOR NEVADA IRON ORE, WHICH LED TO THE CLOSURE OF THIS AND OTHER MINES BY 1970. DISTRICT WAS IDLE IN 1985. SMALL RESERVES.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): DIRECT SHIPPING ORE AND CONCENTRATES PRODUCED BY CONSOLIDATED MINERALS CORP.

Comment (Deposit): MAGNETITE IS FOUND IN STEEPLY-DIPPING SUB PARALLEL VEINS UP TO 4 METERS WIDE. SOME MAGNETITE IS LOCALIZED IN A FISSURE WHICH INTERSECTS A VEIN. SOME DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE IN WALLROCK ADJACENT TO VEINS. LENSES OF ORE 1-3 FT WIDE. IRON ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH DEUTERIC ALTERATION OF THE LOPOLITHIC MAFIC IGNEOUS COMPLEX.

Comment (Workings): 2 OPEN PITS; NORTH PIT 250 FT LONG, 25 FT WIDE, AND 60 FT DEEP; SOUTH PIT 300 FT LONG. 70 FT WIDE AND 60 FT DEEP

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, P. 72

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, LYMAN, 1971, USBM I C 8511

Reference (Deposit): REEVES, R.G. AND KRAL, V.E., 1955, NBMG BULL 53

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 18 JUL 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

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

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, P. 72.

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.