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Manganese Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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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 10047223
MRDS ID M242491
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1120

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5137, 37.54856 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lida Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 0045 040E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • FIRST MINE WEST OF THE DIVIDE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Poleta
    Rock description Poleta
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.5137, 37.54856
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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 Railroad Spring District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE,JACK,1982,FIELD EXAMINATION OF JUNE 1,1982

  • Production

    JOHNSON,M.G.,1973, P.23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1985 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.