Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlCarbonate Beds Near Granitic Intrusion.
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockDiorite
StructureAsymmetrical Anticline Which Is Overturned To The East And Has A Core Of Granodiorite., Folded Metasedimentary Units
AlterationHematitization (Oxidation Of Magnetite)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Production yearsPURCHASED IN 1951 BY UTAH CONSTRUCTION CO. AND WORKED INTO THE 1960'S.
Identification
Deposit ID10043890
MRDS IDM231185
Alternate namesRosetta Mine, NBMG Sample Site #3776
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.35684, -119.42905
References
MOORE, J.G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV (1969) NBMG BULL 75REEVES, R.G., SHAWE, F.R., AND KRAL, V.E., IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA (1958) NBMG BULL. 53ROYLANCE, J.G., JR., 1966, THE DAYTON IRON DEPOSITS LYON AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, 10 PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE AIME PACIFIC SOUTHWEST MINERAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE, SPARKS, NEVADA: NBMG REPT. 13, PT. A, P 125-141DAYTON IRON DEPOSIT, RED MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, LYON COUNTY, NEVADA, QUADE, JACK SAMPLE SITE #3776 VISIT, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).