The Iron Blossom Prospect is a iron mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Iron Blossom Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Blossom Prospect
Secondary: Section 10 Open Pit
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Red Mountain
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Development): OPEN PIT WITH NEARBY DRILL ROADS
Comment (Workings): OPEN-PIT
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT ALONG LIMESTONE/GRANITE CONTACT WHERE MAGNETITE HAS SELECTIVELY REPLACED THE LIMESTONE. NBMG SAMPLE SITE #3774
Comment (Deposit): FIELD NOTES FROM JACK QUADE (NBMG), 7/9/89 ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS ALONG A METAMORPHIC CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND GRANITE. MAGNETITE HAS SELECTIVELY REPLACED THE LIMESTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J.G., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 75.
Reference (Deposit): REEVES, R.G., SHAWE, F.R. 7 KRAL, V.E., 1958 IRON DEPOSITS OF WEST CENTRAL NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 53.
Reference (Deposit): IRON BLOSSOM PROSPECT; RED MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT; LYON COUNTY, NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) MINING DISTRICT FILES.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.
