Nevada · Eureka County
Occurrence

Sheep Creek Prospect

Eureka County, Nevada, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model158: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockTuff · Sod House Tuff
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10044723
MRDS IDM232298
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.3038, -116.30925
References
ROBERTS R.J. ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 66, REFERENCE NO. 3201100165MUFFLER L.J. (1964) GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCHIE CREEK QUADRANGLE, NEV. USGS BULL 1179