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Superior Molybdenum Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045744
MRDS ID M233557
Record type Site
Current site name Superior Molybdenum Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24814, 38.71076 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 AIRMILES N60W FROM PABLO CANYON RANCH, 1000m To Near Center Of Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pablo Canyon Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 042E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN PABLO CANYON DRAINAGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24814, 38.71076
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jett District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Superior Oil And Minerals Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1964; MOLYBDENUM, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 65, P. 129.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1979, MILS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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