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Western Lock

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. 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 10125090
MAS/MILS ID 0320150217
Record type Site
Current site name Western Lock

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.11814, 40.5413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 043 E 22 W2W2SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.11814, 40.5413
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 594, 1915, P.88.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 459B, 1965, P.B52

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY,N.NEVADA & NW UTAH,SOUTHERN PACIFIC,19

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N. NEV & NW. UTAH,SOUTHERN PACIFIC,19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-88 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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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