The Foster Prospect is a iron mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.94778, -118.47556
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Foster Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Foster Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Regent 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Foster, Steve And Lee
Home Office: Schurz, NV
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON WEST FLANK OF NORTHERN END OF SAND SPRINGS RANGE
Comment (Development): 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): MOSTLY MAGNETITE WITH SOME HEMAYITE ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND DRORITE; MOST OF ORE IN THE DIORITE. IRON ORE CROPS OUT IN TWO AREAS, 200 FT W. OF SHAFT AND 600 FT. NORTH OF SHAFY, THE NORTH OUTCROP IS 100 FEET LONG, 30 FT WIDE AND DIPS 45 DEG W. THE WEST OUTCROP IS 50 FT LONG AND 25 FT WIDE.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL ADITS AND PITS; OLD SHAFT 256 FEET DEEP ON A COPPER PROSPECT CUT IRON ORE NEAR THE BOTTOM.
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE HAS BEEN INTRUDED AND RECRYSTALLIZED TO MARBLE BY ADIORITIC ROCK WEST OF PROSPECT. EAST OF SHAFT THE LIMESTONE IS OVERLAIN BY TERTIARY (?) ANDESITE. THE DIORITIC ROCK AND LIMESTONE ARE CUT BY APLITE DIKES. THE LIMESTONE STRIKES N AND DIPS 70-80 W
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL, 58
Reference (Deposit): RECVES, SHAWE, KRAL, 1958, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA; NBMG BULL, 53-B
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.
