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Washoe Claims

Occurrence in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037726
MRDS ID M035905
Record type Site
Current site name Washoe Claims
Alternate or previous names Premier Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.5096, 38.82047 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position APPROX. 8 MI. NW OF WELLINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Double Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 022E 15 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.5096, 38.82047
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Canyon

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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