Nevada Chalk Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124260
MAS/MILS ID 0320010469
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Chalk Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.13066, 39.32801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1368
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drumm Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 N 034 E 22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.13066, 39.32801

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chalk Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, R.J., AND BOLENEUS, D.E. MINERAL RESOURCE EVALU-

  • Deposit

    ATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC STUDY OF THE PROPOSED MASTER LAND

  • Deposit

    WITHDRAWAL AT NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON, CHURCHILL COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT FOR THE

  • Deposit

    U.S. NAVY, 1991, FIG. 4-4, P. 50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-MAY-92 Thompson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.