Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model62: Skarn Fe
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formVEIN
Ore controlFault Control, Possible The Paradise Thrust Fault.
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Gypsum, Phlogopite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Luning Formation
Associated rockGranite
StructureThree Major Faults; North Fault, Bell Canyon Fault, Pit Fault.
AlterationSilicification Of The Dolomite. Oxidation Of The Iron Ore.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10044224
MRDS IDM231597
Alternate namesIron Mountain Claim 1907-Patent 984
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.8927, -117.82594
References
REEVES, R.G., AND OTHERS, 1958, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PART B-IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 53, P. 38-44.KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 108REEVES AND OTHERS, 1958, P. 41; KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, 1980.