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New Tempiute Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Bismuth, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125114
MRDS ID M241695
MAS/MILS ID 0320170495
Record type Site
Current site name New Tempiute Mine
Alternate or previous names Phylis Claim, Rae Ella Claim, Emerson Mine, NBMG Sample Sites 1452-1454
Related records 10046523

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -115.62897, 37.63076 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tempiute Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 S 057 E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MINE ALSO IN SEC. 1, T. 4 S., R. 56 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Iron Oxides-Hydrated Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tremolite Unknown
Wollastonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -115.62897, 37.63076
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Date of Last Modification 940127

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1977

Mining district

District name Tem Piute

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Union Carbon, Minerals Division
    Year 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 46, 1991, P. 27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JAN-94 Stevenson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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