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West Generator Hill Deposit

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055201
MRDS ID RE00270
Record type Site
Current site name West Generator Hill Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.01399, 41.40518 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacks Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 053E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MCDERMITT (1971) 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 172
USGS model code 26a
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 15

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.01399, 41.40518
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Independence Mountains; Jerritt Canyon

Reserves and resources

  • Type Milling
    Estimate year 1988
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.178 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type Leaching
    Estimate year 1988
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.016 g/mt Gold Major 1988

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1988 FIGURES ARE AS OF JANUARY, 1988.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHMAUCH, S. W., GABBY, P. N., LIPTON, D. A., 1992, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE INDEPENDENCE RANGE SPECIAL STUDY AREA, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USBM MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT 17-92.

  • Deposit

    LAPOINTE, D. D., TINGLEY, J. V., JONES, R. B., 1991, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 106.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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