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Quartzite

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125130
MAS/MILS ID 0320090477
Record type Site
Current site name Quartzite
Alternate or previous names Quartzite No. 1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.17701, 37.75275 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McMahon Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 S 043 E 20 NWSWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.17701, 37.75275
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Diamondfield-Black Butte Consolidated Mines Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOM, F. L., 1909, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 66, PLATE 1, NO. 43;

  • Deposit

    P. 248-250.

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J. E., 1905, THE ORES OF GOLDFIELD, NEV., IN

  • Deposit

    CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1904: U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL. 260, P. 132-139.

  • Deposit

    RANSOM, F. L., 1907, PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT TO GOLDFIELD,

  • Deposit

    BULLFROG, AND OTHERS MINING DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA:

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY B ULL. 303, P. 22-39.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAR-1992 Ridenour, James 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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