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Farris Property

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125148
MAS/MILS ID 0320231058
Record type Site
Current site name Farris Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.64343, 38.51823 (WGS84)
Elevation 1288
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 039 E 31 NWNW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THIS AREA IS SUSPECTED TO BE IN THE SW PART OF THE MINING DISTRICT NOT THE NW AS STATED IN THE REFERENCE. THE LOCATION USED IS A SHAFT AMONG MANY PROSPECT PIT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.64343, 38.51823
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Date of Last Modification 940620

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cloverdale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Farris, William
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCE OF NYE CO. NV: UNIV. NV

  • Deposit

    BULL. 50, P. 44

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUN-94 Causey, J. Douglas 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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