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Little Red's Excavation

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. 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 10044943
MRDS ID M232585
Record type Site
Current site name Little Red's Excavation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.38707, 40.96739 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 1/2 MILES E OF GOLCONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golconda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 036N 041E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TO NEAR CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.38707, 40.96739
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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 Golconda

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gerald Conklin

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS ACTIVE OPEN PIT MINE DURING 1980, EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS. INACTIVE IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B. AND PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG MAP 84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED AS ACTIVE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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