| Location: | Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 40.3663, -116.26314 |
| dep_id: | 10044727 |
| mrds_id: | M232302 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Iron |
| Trace mineral: | Phosphorus-Phosphates |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Magnetite, Martite |
| gangue: | Apatite, Calcite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| model: | 158: Volcanic-hosted magnetite |
| alteration: | Volcanics Devitrified, Argillized, With Sericite, And Secondary Kspar |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Replacement. Ore Deposited As Magnetite, Then Oxidized To Hematite |
| ore_ctrl: | Ore Localized At Intersections Of Nw & Ne Trending Faults |
| Reporter: | Kirkham, Richard A. |
| hrock_unit: | Frenchie Creek Rhyolite And Rhyodacite;Frenchie Creek Rhyolite And Rhyodacite |
| hrock_type: | Rhyolite,Rhyodacite |
| Structure: | Deposit On East Limb Of North Trending Anticline. Dips 60-80e |
| Year first produced: | 1951 |
| disc_yr: | 1903 |
| discr: | A. Plummer |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 64
- Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 89, REFERENCE NO. 3201100028
- Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, P. 92
- Deposit:: MUFFLER, L. J. (1964) GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCHIE CREEK QUADRANGLE, USGS BULL. 1179
- Deposit:: SHAWE, F. R., REEVES, R. G., KRAL, V. E. (1962) IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PART C., N B OF M BULL 53
- Production:: SHAWE, F. R. ET AL, (1962)
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