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Thompson Quicksilver Mines

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125238
MRDS ID M055307
MAS/MILS ID 0320230162
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson Quicksilver Mines
Related records 10040501

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.63449, 36.94936 (WGS84)
Elevation 1304
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

Beatty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 011 S 048 E 29 N2S2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.63449, 36.94936
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fluorine District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 41, 1944, P. 143-144.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5285, 1956, P. 12, 15.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 282; TABLE 24, P. 297.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 77, 1972, P. 36.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-1994 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

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