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Mercury King Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040603
MRDS ID M055437
Record type Site
Current site name Mercury King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.96261, 38.3691 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 12 MI E OF MINA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eddyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 036E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, UTM APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.96261, 38.3691
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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 Pilot Mountains District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah Nevada Mining And Milling Corp.
    Home office Box 167, Mina, Nv. 89422. John Aden, Manager
    First year 1968

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT, 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, M. J., 1968, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1968: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 19 P.

  • Deposit

    SPRINGER, H. E., 1970, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1970: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 21 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IDLE OCTOBER 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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