Hice Prospect

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124357
MAS/MILS ID 0320070014
Record type Site
Current site name Hice Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.30147, 40.92432 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Zone Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035 N 068 E 09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTIONS 8 AND 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.30147, 40.92432

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 54, 1957.

  • Deposit

    GSA BULL V.81, NO.9, P.2689-2716

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 497, 1912, P.143-145.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CNTY, NEV.:

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE RPT. 1976-56, P. 133-136, TABLE 40

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-86 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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.