Description
C.W. Hunley And Others
Commodities
PrimaryIron
SecondaryPlatinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model62: Skarn Fe
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formVEINS, TABULAR BODIES
Geology
Host rockDiorite · Humboldt Lopolith
Associated rockDiorite
StructureBlock Faulting
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationScapolitized
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10042605
MRDS IDM060449
Alternate namesIron Horse Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.06796, -118.19875
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 89, P. 68-73.MOORE, LYMAN, 1971, ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8511, P. 153-156.REEVES, R.G., AND KRAL, V.E., 1955, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PART A, GEOLOGY AND IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUENA VISTA HILLS, CHURCHILL AND PERSHING COUNTIES, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 53, P. 30-31.ZIENTEK, M.L., 1993, WRITTEN COMMUN. TO J.A. PETERSONBONHAM, H.F., JR., 18 JULY 1985, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY STAFF, 1985, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-3.JOHNSON, 1977