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Unnamed Mine

Prospect in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097158
MRDS ID M055471
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine
Related records 10125222

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16236, 40.446 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 1/2 MI E OF UNIONVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 034E 25,26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16236, 40.446
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unionville District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. R. Caldwell
    Home office 260 Minor Street, Winnemucca, Nv. 89445
    First year 1968

Comments on the workings information

  • MAY STILL BE ACTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, M. J., 1968, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1968: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 19 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERMITTENT. { OPEN PIT MINE AND MERCURY FURNACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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