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Lone Mountain

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104026
MRDS ID M233355
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Mountain
Alternate or previous names Open Pit On Topo Sheet

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98092, 41.10879 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Singletree Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Double Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 053E 11 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98092, 41.10879
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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 Merrimac

Comments on the production information

  • COPPER & TUNGSTEN (?) ALSO PRESENT

Comments on the workings information

  • "OPEN PIT" MARKED ON TOPO SHEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV. USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    LOVEJOY, D. W. (1959) GSA BULL, U.70N.S, PP539-564

  • Deposit

    MILS WELLS AMS FILE (1979) USBM.

  • Production

    SMITH, R. M. (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit U.S.B.M. DATA SHOWS WO3 PRESENT (?) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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