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Red Dog Zinc Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. 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 10125479
MAS/MILS ID 0320130275
Record type Site
Current site name Red Dog Zinc Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Dog Lead-Zinc Propsect, Red Boy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.52269, 41.21408 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Lear Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039 N 031 E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.52269, 41.21408
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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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, M.C., 1943, RED DOG ZINC, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA:

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM NEV-114, 3 P.

  • Deposit

    BENSON, W.T., 1945, SUMMARY REPORT OF WAR MINERALS

  • Deposit

    EXAMINATION: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED MEMO, 2 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 10-87, 1987, P. 93.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JUN-1992 Hamilton 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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