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Ray Ricketts Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014326
MRDS ID D011049
Record type Site
Current site name Ray Ricketts Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.89678, 38.96659 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downeyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
013N 036E 26 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.89678, 38.96659
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lodi

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1951-1956
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.5-3.0 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBM BULL, STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)

  • Production

    NBM BULL, STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Bishop, Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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