Winnemucca Lake Deposit

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Dolomite, Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  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 10125620
MAS/MILS ID 0320310042
Record type Site
Current site name Winnemucca Lake Deposit
Alternate or previous names Winnemucca Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.3093, 39.92769 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russell Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024 N 024 E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT REPORTED IN SECS. 20 AND 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary
Limestone, General Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.3093, 39.92769

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 70, 1969, P. 126.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS: NEV. IND. MIN. (MINOBRAS), P. 43.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-MAR-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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