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York Mine

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040613
MRDS ID M055455
Record type Site
Current site name York Mine
Related records 10295485

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.4768, 41.34989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 50 MILES NE OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Springs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 040E 15,16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SLOPE HOT SPRINGS RANGE; UTM APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.4768, 41.34989
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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 Poverty Peak District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Star City Mines, Ltd.
    First year 1969

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE 4 - 1969 , NO PRODUCTION DATA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, M. J., 1969, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1969: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 19 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOTH SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Gassaway, Judith S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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