Mine detail: Phelps Stokes Mine

Previously called 'Iron Mountain Claim 1907-Patent 984'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.8927, -117.82594

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Gypsum, Phlogopite, Sericite
Orebody form:	VEIN
Discovery year:	1902

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Luning Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Three Major Faults; North Fault, Bell Canyon Fault, Pit Fault.
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of The Dolomite. Oxidation Of The Iron Ore.

References

MRDS	M231597
DEP	10044224
Reference	{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 108}{Production:: REEVES AND OTHERS, 1958, P. 41; KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, 1980.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)