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Ione Mercury Plant

Past Producer in Nye 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040619
MRDS ID M055465
Record type Site
Current site name Ione Mercury Plant
Related records 10246462

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63566, 38.93909 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 4 MI E OF IONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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
Mount Diablo 012N 039E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, UTM APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.63566, 38.93909
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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 Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Heald And Lynch
    Home office Box 207, Gabbs, Nv. 89409. J. W. Lynch, General Manager
    First year 1971

Comments on the workings information

  • MAY STILL BE ACTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPRINGER, H. E., 1971, NEVADA MINES, MILLS AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1971: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 21 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCING, DEVELOPING, 1971 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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