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Carl Riek Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046882
MRDS ID M242107
Record type Site
Current site name Carl Riek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.03372, 38.14299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MILES EAST OF MAIN CANDELARIA DISTRICT, 400m To Area Of Many Workings

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candelaria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N;04N 035E;035N 01;36 NE (01); S2 OF S2 (36) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1967 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.03372, 38.14299
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Hill District (?) Candelaria District (?)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPORT 17, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 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

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