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Low Iron Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 12' 33'' North , 118° 37' 28'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
41.20928,-118.62460
GRN:
N28W65
Type:
Deposit
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Mindat Locality ID:
429879
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:429879:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Red Ball Mine; NBMG Sample Site 2259


Structure: Deer Creek Thrust Fault Wnw-Trending High Angle Faults

Alteration: Epidote + Hematite Selvages On Fractures In Diorite

Deposit: Cretaceous sediments (limestone, greywacke, conglomerate) crop out in this area, As well As the host permian metavolcanics and pre-cretaceous fine-to-coarse-grained diorite. An ore lens 25'x40' occurs 1500 ft. South of the main vein, As well. ; info.src : 1 pub lit

Deposit type: Skarn Fe

Geology: Hematite occurs with quartz, jasper, and chalcedony in narrow, east-trending veins in diorite & volcs

Rock formation(s): Happy Creek Volcanic Series;King Lear Formation


Ore(s): Fractures

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2 valid minerals.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
FeIron
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4

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References

Shawe, F. R., Reeves, R. G., Kral, V. E., (1962), Iron Ore Deposits of Nevada, R. C.: Nev. Bureau of Mines, Bull 53.
Willden, R., (1964), Geology and Mineral Deposits of Humboldt Co., Nev; Nev. Bureau of Mines Bull 59.
NBMG Staff (1985) NBMG OFR 85-3.
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