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Schell Creek Mines

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046619
MRDS ID M241808
Record type Site
Current site name Schell Creek Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.66114, 39.80465 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position EAST OF TOWN OF SCHELLBOURNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schellbourne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 065E 05,06,07,08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.66114, 39.80465
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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 Aurum District (Schellbourne Subdistrict)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 340-FT LONG TUNNEL IN 1874

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1874, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 277

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.