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Crystal Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten
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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 10149467
MAS/MILS ID 0320230011
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Prospect
Alternate or previous names Crystal, Nevada-Massachusetts Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.06897, 37.22076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1518
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

Oak Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 S 053 E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.06897, 37.22076
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1940

Mining district

District name Oak Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 140

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 65, 1964, P. 159.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OFR 84-1, 1984, FIG. 13, P. 23;

  • Deposit

    APPENDIX A, SAMPLE NOS. 1834, 1835, 1837, AND 1838.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 147-148.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-94 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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